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canoodle, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|kəˈnuːd(ə)l|
Also 9 cannoodle, conoodle.
[Origin obscure.]
intr. To indulge in caresses and fondling endearments. Also formerly trans., to persuade by endearments or deception. Hence caˈnoodler, caˈnoodling vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1859Sala Tw. round Clock 11 a.m., A sly kiss, and a squeeze, and a pressure of the foot or so, and a variety of harmless endearing blandishments, known to our American cousins..under the generic name of ‘conoodling’. 1864― in Temple Bar Dec. 40 He is an adept in that branch of persuasive dialectics known as ‘conoodling’. He will ‘conoodle’ the ladies..into the acquisition of whole packages of gimcrack merchandise. 1879Punch 15 Mar. 117/2 Then he and the Matchless one struggle, snuggle, and generally conoodle together rapturously. 1894Mexborough & Swinton Times 2 Feb. 2/7 The money which he had lent in return for the privilege of canoodling his daughter. 1894Idler Sept. 207 She is not to be overcome by courting or canoodling. 1903‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-Hunters 172 Two canoodlers tied up in knots and fastened with sealing-wax at the lips. 1919J. M. Barrie Alice Sit-by-the-Fire i. 31 She's not fond of a canoodlin' way. 1921H. Walpole Young Enchanted iii. iii, She's in there... I'm off on some business of my own for an hour or two, so you can canoodle as much as you damned well please. |