• (RP) IPA: /ˈdɒdmən/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈdɑdmən/

dodman (plural dodmans) (East Anglia, dialectal)

1. A land#Noun|land-based#Adjective|based snail.
2. A snail's shell.
   • [1847, James Orchard Halliwell, “DODMAN”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume II (J–Z), London: John Russell Smith, […], OCLC 1008510154 ↗, page 308 ↗, column 2:

     DODMAN. A snail. Norfolk. Also, a snail-shell.]

3. Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster.
4. (rare, possibly, erroneous) A surveyor.

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