dodman (plural dodmans or dodmen) (East Anglia, dialectal)
A land-based snail.
A snail's shell.
Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
(rare, possibly, erroneous) A surveyor.
• odd man
Source: Wiktionary
Dod"man, n.
1. A snail; also, a snail shell; a hodmandod. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Nares.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any shellfish which casts its shell, as a lobster. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
