"hoddy-dod" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Compare dodman.",
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          "ref": "1889, Amy Walton, White Lilac; or The Queen of May",
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        "A snail."
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        "(obsolete, England, East Anglia) A snail."
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        "A fool."
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        "(obsolete) A fool."
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