
ETYMOLOGY
from fop (n.) + doodle (n.)
EXAMPLE
“…Quoth he, This scheme of th’ heavens set,
Discovers how in fight you met
At Kingston with a may-pole idol,
And that y’ were bang’d both back and side well;
And though you overcame the bear,
The dogs beat you at Brentford fair;
Where sturdy butchers broke your noddle,
And handled you like a fop-doodle…”
From: Hudibras: The Second Part
By Samuel Butler, 1664