dodie

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoʊdi/

Noun

dodie (plural dodies)

1. (Ireland) A baby's pacifier or soother.
   • 2018 May 1, Rachel Lee, A Bachelor, a Boss and a Baby, Harlequin, →ISBN:

     "Don't you have a dodie for her?” "Dodie?" "Ah..." Blaine hesitated. "Pacifier." "Oh! It's one of those things I haven't gotten yet. She doesn't seem to look for one."

   • 2023, Celeste Ray, Finbar McCormick, Holy Wells of Ireland: Sacred Realms and Popular Domains, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 25:

     "Dodie trees" are not often associated with holy wells; in fact, the young child finishing with nursing or teething can be asked to give the dodie (teether or pacifier) to the fairies by letting family members hang it on a tree.