English Dictionary

quockerwodger

noun

A wooden toy figure that jerks its limbs when a string is pulled. / (figuratively, by extension) A puppet; a person whose actions are controlled by somebody else.

The quockerwodger sat on the shelf, collecting dust.

意味（1）

A wooden toy figure that jerks its limbs when a string is pulled.

Just hand the old quockerwodger over to me! I'll cut him in half and each part will dance on the rope just as comically as you please!

意味（2）

(figuratively, by extension) A puppet; a person whose actions are controlled by somebody else.

They felt that the fellow was a quockerwodger rather than a politician, an againster rather than a true American, an oppositionist in fundamental things rather than a sincere patriot.