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Quockerwodger: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Quockerwodger noun. A wooden puppet on strings, or a politician who acts as someone else's puppet.
How to say it
KWOK-uh-woj-uh/ˈkwɒkəˌwɒdʒə/
4 syllables, stressed on the first (KWOK).
Quockerwodger in a sentence
The minister was dismissed as a quockerwodger of the party's donors.
Grandpa's old quockerwodger danced jerkily whenever he tugged the strings.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- puppet
- marionette
- stooge
- pawn
Where quockerwodger comes from
Victorian slang from the mid-1800s, of unknown origin.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Grandpa's old _____ danced jerkily whenever he tugged the strings.
- tatterdemalion
- swain
- quockerwodger
Show the answer
quockerwodger: Grandpa's old quockerwodger danced jerkily whenever he tugged the strings.