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Brewer's: Dodipoll
As wise as Dr. Dodipoll (or) Doddipole—i.e. not wise at all; a dunce. (Doddy in dodi-poll and doddy-pate is probably a variant of totty, small, puny. Doddy-poll, one of puny intellect.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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