- the head or brain.
Origin of noddle
1375–1425; late Middle English nodel
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Examples from the Web for noddle
I remember him because it took some explainin' to get the bet through his noddle.Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
Don't you see that I may have become a rather desirable match for a noddle?Little Dorrit
And now the sun declines between the Noddle Fell and Bleaberry.The Shadow of a Crime
Bless your noddle, there's plenty on 'em, ef a man knows beans.
You've had considerable of a hurt though, along side of your noddle.The Riflemen of the Miami
Edward S. Ellis
- informal, mainly British the head or brainsuse your noddle!
C15: origin obscure
- informal, mainly British to nod (the head), as through drowsiness
C18: from nod
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