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Origin
ca·noo·dle
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l
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verb (used with object),
verb
(used without object),
-dled,
-dling.
Slang
.
caress, fondle, or pet amorously.
Origin:
1855–60;
perhaps
ca(ress)
+
noodle
2
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ca·noo·dler,
noun
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canoodle
by 1850s, "to indulge in caresses and fondling endearments" [OED], U.S. slang, of uncertain origin. The earliest known source is 1859, British, identifying the word as American.
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