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doodah noun [ ˈduːdɑː ]

• used to refer to something that the speaker cannot name precisely.
• "from the poshest potpourri to the humblest dangly doodah"
Origin: early 20th century (in the phrase all of a doodah ): perhaps from the refrain of the song Camptown Races .

all of a doodah

• very agitated.
"they'll be all of a doodah because of the bombs"



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