A dodman (plural `dodmen`) or a hoddyman dod is a local English vernacular word for a land snail. The word is used in some of the counties of England. This word is found in the Norfolk dialect, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Fairfax, in his Bulk and Selvedge (1674), speaks of `a snayl or dodman.” Hodimadod is a similar word for ...
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• (n.) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. • (n.) A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.
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Dod'man noun 1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
Nares. 2. (Zoology) Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [ Prov. Eng.]
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Dodman is old Norfolk dialect for a snail.
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