English Explanatory Dictionary

niddy-noddy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

Word forms

niddy-noddy niddy-noddies

Etymology

Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.

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