A curious English wordSourced
Not region-specific · English meaning
A puppet, and a person treated like one
Quockerwodger names a jointed toy moved by pulling a string. Figuratively, it can describe a person controlled by someone else. One odd-looking word links a toy’s mechanism with a human relationship.
Who is pulling the string?
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Reviewed: 2026-10-09