"niddy-noddy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: niddy-noddies [plural]
Etymology: Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn. Etymology templates: {{unc|en|title=obscure}} obscure, {{com|en|niddy||alt2=noddy|t1=grandmother}} niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy Head templates: {{en-noun}} niddy-noddy (plural niddy-noddies)
  1. A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°. Wikipedia link: Niddy noddy Categories (topical): Spinning, Tools Translations (a tool to make skeins from yarn): motovidlo (Czech), handhaspel [masculine] (Dutch), dévidoir à main [masculine] (French), Kreuzhaspel [feminine] (German), Nicker [masculine] (German), aspo [masculine] (Italian), mòtowidło [neuter] (Kashubian), mótejdło [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), hespetre [neuter] (Norwegian), motovidlo [neuter] (Old Czech), motowidło [neuter] (Old Polish), mötüvai̯dlĕ [neuter] (Polabian), motowidło [neuter] (Polish), motovilo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), rašak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), motowidło [neuter] (Silesian), motovidlo [neuter] (Slovak), motovílọ [neuter] (Slovene), môtôwjidlô [neuter] (Slovincian), aspa [feminine] (Spanish), härva (Swedish), motydło [neuter] (Upper Sorbian), ystyllen ddirwyn [feminine] (Welsh)

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