Quodling

"Why, there is a man called Quodling who might be your uncle's twin brother -- he looks so like him.

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

"There's a man in the City called Quodling, a silk broker.

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

Mr. Tertius Quodling, and, at the Grand Opera House, _Pope Joan_ and _The

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Sparrow-hawk, used as a personal name by the Anglo-Saxons, while the latter can be traced back via the earlier forms Quodling (still found), Querdling, Querdelyoun to Coeur de Lion.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

Do you remember what I told you about the fellow Quodling in the City?

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

"By the way," Gammon remarked carelessly, "are these Quodlings any relation to Quodling the silk broker in the City?"

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

Quodling and Son were more than satisfied with him.

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

And if I remember you said he was like Quodling in the face, Francis Quodling?

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

The name of Quodling interested him, being that of the man in the City who so strikingly resembled Mr. Clover; who, moreover, was probably connected in some way with the oil and colour firm.

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880

Some day he would have another look at Quodling the broker, who so strongly resembled Mrs. Clover's husband.

The Town Traveller George Gissing 1880