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  • noun Plural form of noddy.

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Examples

  • On the 8th, in the evening, one of those birds which sailors call noddies, settled on our rigging, and was caught.

    A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

  • Four of the six larger patches have each a sand bank near the middle, which do not appear to have been lately covered by the tide; and they are now more or less frequented by sea birds, such as noddies, boobies, tropic, and man-of-war birds, gannets, and perhaps some others.

    A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 2 Matthew Flinders 1794

  • Shot in locations ranging from Chelsea to Paris, Vienna to the Basque country, Welles proved a sharp but humble interviewer and boldly experimented with over-the-shoulder shots and "noddies" (response shots recorded separately from an interview then interwoven with the subject's answers), as well as location shooting, synchronised sound recording and handheld crime recreations.

    The Guardian World News 2009

  • Midway is home to eighty people and about 400,000 pairs of Laysan albatross, as well as tropic birds, black noddies, white terns, and other nesting and migratory birds.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • Midway is home to eighty people and about 400,000 pairs of Laysan albatross, as well as tropic birds, black noddies, white terns, and other nesting and migratory birds.

    Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010

  • Dearest gorgeous, lovely Fiona, dab off the lippy, tell your producers to spend less time on witty skits starring you and less time on your couture noddies and concentrate on the journalism of the job in hand.

    Who is the Real Fiona Bruce? ROB McGIBBON 2009

  • Dearest gorgeous, lovely Fiona, dab off the lippy, tell your producers to spend less time on witty skits starring you and less time on your couture noddies and concentrate on the journalism of the job in hand.

    Archive 2009-01-01 ROB McGIBBON 2009

  • That was all down to Brown's 'brilliance' as chancellor, according to the Nulab noddies.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • The Rocas Atoll hosts more than 150,000 seabirds, including the largest South Atlantic colonies of sooty terns, brown noddies and masked boobies Sula dactylatra.

    Brazilian Atlantic Islands, Brazil 2008

  • I have to stop a minute and sing the praises of niddy noddies.

    Favorite Tools 2006

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