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spuddle

English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?d?l

Verb

spuddle (third-person singular simple present spuddles, present participle spuddling, simple past and past participle spuddled)

  1. (obsolete, Southern England) To make a lot of fuss about trivial things, as if they were important
  2. (obsolete) To work ineffectively; to work hard but achieve nothing

References

Anagrams

  • puddles

Middle English

Noun

spuddle

  1. a short knife

Descendants

  • spudger

spuddle From the web:



spaddle

English

Etymology

Probably spade +? -le, but compare spattle and paddle. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

spaddle (plural spaddles)

  1. (obsolete) A little spade.

Anagrams

  • paddles, spalded

spaddle From the web:

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