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fuddy-duddy

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fud⋅dy-dud⋅dy

  [fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee] noun, plural -dud⋅dies, adjective
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–noun Also, fuddy.
1. a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget.
–adjective
3. stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
4. fussy; picayune.
Origin:
1900–05; of obscure orig.; cf. dial. (Cumberland) duddy-fuddiel a ragged fellow
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fud·dy-dud·dy   (fŭd'ē-dŭd'ē)   
n.   pl. fud·dy-dud·dies
An old-fashioned, fussy person.

[Origin unknown.]
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