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croodle v. i.

To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. (Prov. Eng.) "A dove to fly home to her nest and croodle there."

To fawn or coax. (Obs.)

To coo. (Scot.)

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Etymology of 'Croodle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Croodle" Quotes from Famous Books

... gander reet 'nough. But I thought it were a goose to begin wi'. It were the biggest o' th' clutch, an' the prattiest, an' so I called it Victoria, an' it geet to know th' name, an' to coom when I called it—eh, it 'ud coom runnin' up an' croodle down aside o' me, turnin' its yead o' one side that knowin'! Eh, dear, theer never was sich a bird. An' when it were upgrown, an' turned out to be a gander, I 'adn't it i' my 'eart to change th' name, seein' as it had getten to know ...

— North, South and Over the Sea • M.E. Francis (Mrs. Francis Blundell)

... air went whispering through the drooping silver birches, the sky was blue, flecked only here and there with fleecy clouds that cast shadow-patches on the lake. Up yonder a lark was singing, in adjoining spruce thickets we could hear the croodle of the ringdove, and in the swaying branches of the elms the solemn-looking rooks were already building their nests. Dugald and I ...

— Our Home in the Silver West - A Story of Struggle and Adventure • Gordon Stables