#354 dodder

dodder (verb)- to move unsteadily; totter; to shake or tremble, as from age

C17 variant of earlier dadder; related to Norwegian dudra to tremble

dodderer noun; doddery adjective

I was part of a group of 12 or so geezers who get together the third week in November every year and dodder around with rifles.

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