niddy-noddy

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niddy-noddy

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Origin obscure. Perhaps from niddy (“grandmother”) + noddy, from the nodding motion associated with winding the yarn.

noun niddy-noddies

A tool used to make skeins from yarn, consisting of a central bar with crossbars at each end, offset from each other by 90°.

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noun a tool to make skeins from yarn

Español	aspa
Français	dévidoir à main
Deutsch	Kreuzhaspel, Nicker
Italiano	aspo

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@misc{niddy_noddy_2026,
  title = {niddy-noddy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/niddy-noddy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}