dodderern.
/ˈdɒdərə/ One who dodders; one infirm in body or mind; a feeble or inept person.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > sick person > [noun] > weak person
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1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island iii. 65 We're not all foostherin oul doddherers like Mat.
1917 W. J. Locke Red Planet xi. 131 Do you think I'm a blind dodderer?
1926 Public Opinion 23 Apr. 420/1 I am constantly meeting ponderous dodderers who are sure civilisation is in rapid decay.
1930 Punch 14 May 551 I see now that I have been a difficult old dodderer upon this subject.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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