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And where would one find one's noddle?
Presumably on one's shoulders. That's where this one's noddle is!
Webster says:
noddle \Nod"dle\, n. [OE. nodil, nodle; perh. fr. nod, because the head is the nodding part of the body, or perh. akin to E. knot; cf. Prov. E. nod the nape of the neck.] 1. The head; -- used jocosely or contemptuously.
The American Heritage Dictionary says:
nod·dle (ndl)
n.
The head. [Middle English noddel, back of the head, perhaps from Latin ndulus, lump, knob; see nodule.]
I've heard it malaproped to "noodle" as in "use your noodle".
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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