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Origin and history of toodle

toodle(v.)

"sing or hum in a low tone," by 1865, imitative, perhaps from or suggested by earlier toodle-loodle, a word imitative of the sound of pipes or flutes (1540s). Also compare tootle. Related: Toodled; toodling.

also from 1865

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tootle(v.)

"toot gently and repeatedly," 1820, frequentative of toot (v.). Related: Tootled; tootling.

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