doddie

American  

[dod-ee] / ˈdɒd i /

Or doddy

noun

• doddies
  plural

1. a cow or bull having no horns, especially an Aberdeen Angus.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• doddies
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of doddie

First recorded in 1800–10; from dod “to poll, clip, cut off” + -ie

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Example Sentences

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doddie doddies

The wife of the Blacksmith of Tullibody was carried up the chimney, the fairies, as they bore her off, singing— "Deidle linkum doddie; We've gotten drucken Davie's wife, The Smith o' Tullibody."

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan

Aberdeen-Angus, bred in Scotland, and often called doddies.

From Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition by Charles William Burkett

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