nodding

Example Sentences

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There ain't no use no more in all that winkin' an' noddin'.

From The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume II by Hauptmann, Gerhart

O we're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, O we're a' noddin at our house at home; How's o' wi' ye, kimmer?

From Charles Dickens and Music by Lightwood, James T.

We’re a’ noddin, nid nid noddin, We’re a’ noddin, at our house at hame.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

A candidate is a most particular polite man, a noddin here, and a bowin there, and a shakin hands all round.

From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

These old stories were at first very amusing, but they continued so long and with so many episodes and digressions, that we at length discovered "We were a' noddin."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza