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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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Quotation dates: 1870

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HUDDY-WUDDY, adv. In a flurry, in great excitement or confusion.Mry. 1870 W. Tester Poems 228:
Weel, up they flaffered, huddy-wuddy.

[A nonce-formation, after Hiddie-Giddie, adv., phs. with influence in second element from Wuid, adj.]

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