Definition of Dodman

1. n. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod.

Definition of Dodman

1. Noun. (UK dialect) A snail. ¹

2. Noun. (UK dialect) A snail's shell. ¹

3. Noun. (UK dialect) Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dodman

1. a snail [n DODMANS]

Medical Definition of Dodman

1. 1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. 2. Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dodman

dodgeries
dodgers
dodgery
dodges
dodgier
dodgiest
dodgily
dodginess
dodginesses
dodging
dodgings
dodgy
dodine
dodkin
dodkins
dodman (current term)
dodmans
dodo
dodo bird
dodoes
dodoism
dodoisms
dodos
dods
doe
doe-eyed
doe parties
doe party
doeglic
doeglic acid

Literary usage of Dodman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British Columbia Reports Being Report of Cases Determined in the Supreme by British Columbia Courts, Law Society of British Columbia (1900)
"dodman & Co., Limited (1916), 1 KB 964; 85 LJ, KB 832 at p. 835), that the applicant had disentitled himself to any further compensation by deliberately ..."

2. Transactions of the Manchester Geological Society by Manchester Geological Society (1862)
"dodman and Bellhouse, of Rochdale. The thanks of the meeting having been given to these gentlemen, the Chairman called upon Joseph Dickinson, Esq., FGS, ..."

3. English Etymologyby George William Lemon by George William Lemon (1783)
"... as if both the Belg. words, and our own dodman, were but a deviation of the word dot ; and that they were all de- ..."

4. International Shipping & Shipbuilding Directory by Shipping world & shipbuilder (1890)
"From Looe, inclusive, to the dodman. Rates. On vessels boarded within the Land off Looe, or the dodman (which must be known by the Western land, ..."

5. History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk, and the City and County of the by William White, of Sheffield William White (1845)
"Bunn Mrs. Mary || Holland Miss L. dodman Martin, corn & coal merchi.; ... dodman John Mingay \Vm. Jas. Mitchell John Platten William CAR« Rayner Thomas A ..."

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