TIMDOODLENOUN
a term of contempt applied to a stupid, silly fellow ...1806 Eng. dial. ETYMOLOGY unknown; possibly from 'tim' + 'doodle', a simple fellow, a trifler FIRST DOCUMENTED USE ? 1806 - See Example below EXAMPLE "...Shoar tha beestn'n sich a white liver'd saft-bak'd timdoodle, As to think they'll titch ground this'm side of the poodle." From: The Civil and Military History of Cornwall, Literary Characters of Cornwall, Cornish Dialogue Between Two Old Men By the Reverend R. Polwhele, 1806 SOURCES • The English Dialect Dictionary, Joseph Wright, 1898-1905 • A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, James Halliwell, 1855 • Glossary of Cornish Provincial Words, Fred W.P. Jago, 1882
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