doddyadj.
/ˈdɒdi/, U.S. /ˈdɑdi/, Scottish English /ˈdɔdɪ/ Scottish.
Pettish, cross, ill-tempered.
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1808 in J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang.
1823 J. Galt Entail I. xx. 166 Colley is as doddy and crabbit to Watty as if he was its adversary.
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adj.1808- like a bull at a fivebarred gate
- like a bull at a gate
- like a bump on a log
- like a cat on hot bricks
- like a charm
- like a child in a candy shop
- like a child in a candy store
- like a child in a toy shop
- like a child with a new toy
- like a clock
- like a cock at a gooseberry
- like a cock at a groset
- like a cock at a variants
- like a demon
- like a dog with two tails
- like a dog's dinner
- like a dragon
- like a dream
- like a drowned mouse
- like a duck in a thunderstorm
- like a duck in thunder
- like a duck takes to water
- like a duck to water
- like a dying duck in a thunderstorm
- like a father