Noddies

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Noddy \Nod"dy\, n.; pl. {Noddies}. [Prob. fr. nod to incline the
     head, either as in assent, or from drowsiness.]
     1. A simpleton; a fool. --L'Estrange.
  
     Syn: tomnoddy.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) Any tern of the genus {Anous}, as {Anous stolidus}.
        (b) The arctic fulmar ({Fulmarus glacialis}). Sometimes
            also applied to other sea birds.
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     3. An old game at cards. --Halliwell.
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     4. A small two-wheeled one-horse vehicle.
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     5. An inverted pendulum consisting of a short vertical flat
        spring which supports a rod having a bob at the top; --
        used for detecting and measuring slight horizontal
        vibrations of a body to which it is attached.
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