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noun

Noddle n.

The head; also, noodle; used jocosely or contemptuously.

Synonyms: noggin. "Come, master, I have a project in my noddle."

The back part of the head or neck. (Obs.) "For occasion... turneth a bald noddle, after she hath presented her locks in front, and no hold taken."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Noddle" Quotes from Famous Books

... bold John Barleycorn! What dangers thou canst mak' us scorn! Wi' tippenny[69] we fear nae evil; Wi' usquabae[70] we'll face the devil! The swats[71] sae reamed[72] in Tammie's noddle, Fair play, he cared na de'ils a boddle.[73] But Maggie stood right sair astonished, Till, by the heel and hand admonished She ventured forward on the light; And wow! Tam saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance; ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... Leander? Leander was a fine fellow, just like the handsomest boy you know. He fell in love with the lighthouse-keeper's daughter[!] and used to swim over the river[!] every night and make love to her. It was all told by an old Greek named Musaeus. How did he get such modern notions into his noddle? How, moreover, shall we classify Daphnis and Chloe? This fine old romance of Longus is as sweet and beautiful a love-story as ...

— Primitive Love and Love-Stories • Henry Theophilus Finck

Words linked to "Noddle" : psyche, United Kingdom, Great Britain, UK, brain, mind, nous, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, head