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dood¹

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Back-formation from dudhwallah, doodwallah (“milk-man”, literally “milk-ward”), reinterpreting the wallah of milk as a wallah of camels by dint of misremembrance of the Bengali word for “camel” which is উট (uṭ).

noun doods

  1. A riding camel or dromedary. The Chief was lying down beside my dooly, aking a nap while his tent was being prepared, with his head resting on his hand, for he refused to accept the loan of my pillow, when a camel-driver came by, leading a huge dood so carelessly as to bring him right across Sir Colin.

dood²

noun doods · doodz

  1. pronunciation spelling Eye dialect spelling of dude "Talk about yer doods," said a Texas stockman, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train last night, "but a leetle the doodest dood I ever seen wuz a feller that come down from Boston into our kentry a year ago las' September."

dood³

noun doods

  1. Hong Kong, alternative Alternative form of doot

verb doods · dooding · dooded

  1. Hong Kong, alternative Alternative form of doot

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"dood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dood. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dood. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dood

Chicago

"dood." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dood.

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@misc{dood_2026,
  title = {dood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}