niddy-noddy
niddy-noddy · niddy-noddies
Kreuzhaspel, Nicker
A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at…A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.
Meaning
1 sensesA tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.
Kreuzhaspel, Nicker
Translations
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By meaning 1
a tool to make skeins from yarn:
Origin
Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associOrigin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.
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Forms
plural: niddy-noddies| Singular | niddy-noddy |
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| Plural | niddy-noddies |
regular