dudder means A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
dudder is pronounced /ˈdʌdə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From duds + -er.
noun
- A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.
- Confusion.
verb
- To confuse or confound with noise.“[…]Joel piled on great fires, and went off on some mysterious errand , having“ other chores to do than idling and duddering"”
- To shiver or tremble; to dodder.“I dudder and shake like an aspen leaf.”