dodderer


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dod·der 1

(dŏd′ər)
intr.v. dod·dered, dod·der·ing, dod·ders
1. To shake or tremble, as from old age; totter.
2. To move in a feeble, unsteady manner.
[Alteration of Middle English daderen, probably of imitative origin.]
dod′der·er n.

dod·der 2

(dŏd′ər)
n.
Any of various leafless, annual parasitic herbs of the genus Cuscuta that lack chlorophyll and have slender, twining, yellow or reddish stems and small whitish flowers.
[Middle English doder, possibly from Middle Dutch, yolk of an egg (from the yellow color of the blossom of one species of this plant).]
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Noun 1. dodderer - one who dodders from old age and weakness
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Translations

dodderer

[ˈdɒdərəʳ] N → chocho m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dodderer

n (esp Brit inf) → Tattergreis m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dodderer

[ˈdɒdərəʳ] n (fam) → vecchio/a decrepito/a, rudere m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
References in classic literature ?
"Boy or girl?" persisted the dodderer with ungentlemanlike curiosity.
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It occurred to me that I knew next to nothing systematic about Anthropology, and there's nothing more boring than an old dodderer rambling on about irrelevant generalities.
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He would rather be a dodderer than be caught having rendered a definitive advice that turns out to be to the disliking of the boss.
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At the same time Alfa claims a combined consumption of 62mpg, which you may get if you are a dodderer, which we are claiming is not the case here.
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The Orchestra performed a selection of Franz Schubert melodies collected by the Austrian composer Johanna Dodderer under the title "Variations on Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka".
Syrian-Austrian Musical Concert at Opera House
That truth was never allowed to get in the way of media misrepresentation because Tory newspapers were determined to paint him as an old dodderer who lacked respect for our war dead.
Michael made Labour like we are, sticking up for working people trying to live their lives decently in the midst of hard nosed reality; MICHAEL FOOT 1913-2010
What's more, as a bit of an old dodderer myself, I strongly object!
Letter: Straight to the point
James Clyde's Friar Laurence is much younger than usual, with nothing of the dodderer about him, while Julie Legrand's Nurse is sharply-etched and abrasive rather than matronly.
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Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood is regarded by many people in football as an old dodderer who is completely out of touch with the modern game.
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Occasionally a fast mover can get in four returns to the podium, but this is offset by the dodderer who maybe only makes it back twice.
Make your feelings known
Scratch him and you will find a timid and tremulous dodderer. Otherwise he would have stood up defiantly against pressures from the World Bank and IMF which insisted that he must accept their conditions if he wanted their money.
India under Prime Minister Rao
Far from expressing nostalgia for the Christmas of an agricultural society, Dickens mocks the old man as a dodderer rambling about practices so remote and unlikely that he can specify them only as "that sort of thing."
Dickensian disciple: Anglo-Jewish identity in the Christmas Tales of Benjamin Farjeon

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