hoddy-doddy
noun
¦hädē¦dädē
plural hoddy-doddies
1
dialectal, England
a
: garden snail
b
: a snail shell
2
archaic
a
: a short and stout person
b(1)
: a henpecked man
(2)
: cuckold
c
: fool, blockhead, simpleton
Word History
Etymology
probably alteration and reduplication of dodman, hodmadod