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Not until he was well past Eldorado did he overtake Duddy and Fuddy and the trap.
THE LITTLE LADY OF THE BIG HOUSEJACK LONDONCome awa in by to the muckle chair—Whar is he himsel, the muckle duddy feltered gouk?
THE BROWNIE OF BODSBECK, AND OTHER TALES, VOL. II (OF 2)JAMES HOGGDon't listen to the pestilential fuddy-duds who do not approve of tobacco, particularly the fussy-old-maids.
A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHESR. DERBY HOLMESThe amiable fuddy-duddy playing little politics in Washington became a gentleman of war.
GARGOYLESBEN HECHTAnd now he was like the others in the party—an amiable fuddy-duddy.
GARGOYLESBEN HECHTThere are some fuddy-duddies and politicians among them, but most of them are on the job every minute.
THE U-BOAT HUNTERSJAMES B. CONNOLLYSYNONYM OF THE DAY
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO FUDDY-DUDDY
- Tory
- bourgeois
- constant
- controlled
- conventional
- die-hard
- fearful
- firm
- fogyish
- fuddy-duddy
- guarded
- hard hat
- hidebound
- holding to
- illiberal
- in a rut
- inflexible
- middle-of-the-road
- not extreme
- obstinate
- old guard
- old line
- orthodox
- quiet
- reactionary
- redneck
- right
- right of center
- right-wing
- sober
- stable
- steady
- timid
- traditional
- traditionalistic
- unchangeable
- unchanging
- uncreative
- undaring
- unimaginative
- unprogressive
- white bread
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.