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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

"Miracle me no miracles," cried Sancho; "let every man take care how he talks, or how he writes of other men, and not set down at random, higgle-de-piggledy, whatever comes into his noddle."

From The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

But one day he took it into his silly noddle that the elfin cow was getting old, and that he had better fatten her for the market.

From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

To be seen with a square of green silk round mee ould noddle!

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Lewis Wingfield

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

There were sundry nods of the grave noddles assembled about the table.

From A Son of Hagar A Romance of Our Time by Sir Hall Caine

None of you have got the brains of Carlsen, becoz he had to put this scheme inter yore noddles.

From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford

All this underhand work isn't done in decent schools, and the sooner you get that into your silly little noddles the better.

From A Fortunate Term by Angela Brazil