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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1916

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DRODS, Droods, n.pl. The sulks (Cld. 1825 Jam.2).Kcb.6 c.1916:
He has been in the droods a' day.

[Conflation of dods (see Dod, n.2) and dorts (see Dort, n.) with metathesis.]

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