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guddick

nounaction

riddle; to quiz with riddles

Noun: a riddle or puzzling phrase. Verb: to put to a succession of riddles; to quiz someone with riddling questions.

Example in use

She gied me a guddick last nicht

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/GUD-ik/

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