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dudder en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From duds + -er.

Meanings

1. (UK, dated) A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

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dudder en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Related to dodder.

Meanings

1. (dialectal) Confusion.

dudder en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Related to dodder.

Meanings

1. (dialectal, transitive) To confuse or confound with noise.
   • […]Joel piled on great fires, and went off on some mysterious errand , having“ other chores to do than idling and duddering" 1862, Rebecca Harding Davis, Margret Howth: A Story of To-Day:
2. (dialectal, intransitive) To shiver or tremble; to dodder.
   • I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf. 1621, John Ford, Thomas Dekker, William Rowley, The Witch of Edmonton:

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