doddle
Word Origin for doddle
C20: perhaps from dodder (vb) to totter
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Examples from the Web for doddle
Contemporary Examples of doddle
Morning talk shows should be a doddle for a President: softball questions easily answered with a platitude or three.
Historical Examples of doddle
He could'nt hardly contrive to doddle home, and when he did he looked so tedious bad dat his wife sent for de doctor dirackly.
Highways & Byways in SussexE.V. Lucas
During a whole week the master tried by every means to get Doddle to learn something; but Doddle could learn nothing.
The Gorilla HuntersR.M. Ballantyne
The master seemed perplexed, for Doddle was gazing at him with a look of mild self-satisfaction.
The Gorilla HuntersR.M. Ballantyne
The master looked over his spectacles again at Doddle with an expression of unutterable amazement.
The Gorilla HuntersR.M. Ballantyne