Doodle
['duːd(ə)l] or ['dudl]
Definition
(n.) A trifler; a simple fellow.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Trifler, idler, silly fellow.
Editor: Nicolas
Definition
v.i. (Scot.) to drone as a bagpipe.
v.t. (Scot.) to dandle.
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Examples
- Sir Leicester is whipped in to the rescue of the Doodle Party and the discomfiture of the Coodle Faction. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But Coodle knew the danger, and Doodle knew the danger, and all their followers and hangers-on had the clearest possible perception of the danger. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is Lestrade's little cock-a-doodle of victory, Holmes answered, with a bitter smile. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The mighty business is nearly over by this time, and Doodle will throw himself off the country in a few days more. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Doodle has found that he must throw himself upon the country, chiefly in the form of sovereigns and beer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Lottie