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doddard
noun 2
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3ADJ.
piecemeal
VERB + DODDARD
like, rots
DODDARD + NOUN
oke
Definitions
noun
1
A frail old man.
You are too old and too exacting to be satisfied with a blank page. You would certainly prefer one upon which life has written something. It is more interesting. Young girls are only for youths and for certain brainless doddards.
President Roosevelt and the former King Edward collect stamps, along with thousands of others, ranging from six-year-olds to ninety-seven year old^([sic]) doddards.
noun
1
A moribund or decayed tree.
[…] / Another ſhakes the Bed; diſſolving there, / Till knots upon his Gouty Joints appear, / And Chalk is in his crippled Fingers found; / Rots like a Doddard Oke, and piecemeal falls to the ground.
Trees when lopped were dodded and became doddards.
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You are too old and too exacting to be satisfied with a blank page. You would certainly prefer one upon which life has written something. It is more interesting. Young girls are only for youths and fo
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President Roosevelt and the former King Edward collect stamps, along with thousands of others, ranging from six-year-olds to ninety-seven year old^([sic]) doddards.
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Nelly. There are some people who enjoy Sunday. / Renny. Yes . . . the old doddards who listen to military bands in the public park.
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[…] / Another ſhakes the Bed; diſſolving there, / Till knots upon his Gouty Joints appear, / And Chalk is in his crippled Fingers found; / Rots like a Doddard Oke, and piecemeal falls to the ground.
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Trees when lopped were dodded and became doddards.
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All the old pollards on the site should be maintained and any old, ill-formed or inaccessible individuals left to over-maturity. At present there is a dearth of older dying and decaying material. In a
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