noddle
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BST15:57 54 min Martin O’Neill is doing his noddle on the touchline as Glick comes around the wrong side of the ball and hooks Long’s knee with his.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2015
But the old man was tired and muddled with his backsight, and dreams were in his noddle.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Ods my life, this your tale makes my noddle buzz with amaze.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
Maybe by the time you gets back, the old un’ll be awake, an’ ha’ his noddle clear enough to help us think o’ something.”
From The White Gauntlet by Mayne Reid
Oh, hang it, Clytie, can’t you knock some sense into her silly noddle?
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
Loyalists subsequently fired back with their own revamp, mocking the patriots: “Come shake your dull noddles, ye pumpkins and bawl, and own that you’re mad at fair liberty’s call.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2017
Ms. Sarikaya laughed and then the two of them discussed whether to blanch noodles before saucing them; Ms. Olsen prefers a quick boil, while Ms. Sarikaya worries that it will leave the noddles too watery.
From New York Times ● Aug. 10, 2017
In the church he, faithful, leads the pious chorus; Drums the catechism into young ones' noddles.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 by Hamilton Wright Mabie
This was the match that started fire in the thrifty noddles of Tinkletown's best citizens.
From The Daughter of Anderson Crow by George Barr McCutcheon
Ye should ken that sang, if ye hae lear aneugh in your steel-bound noddles.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various
