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Date: 1800-1900
Origin: Probably from English dialect canoodle 'donkey, stupid person'

canoodle

 verb
     
ca‧noo‧dle [intransitive]
British English old-fashioned if two people canoodle, they kiss and hold each other in a sexual way
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