A person who cods or tricks others; someone who makes foolish jokes or tells tall tales; alternatively, one who cods fish commercially.
From the verb 'cod' (to trick or deceive) plus the suffix '-er' (one who does the action), or from 'cod' the fish plus '-er' indicating a fisherman or processor.
A 'codder' could either be a joker in a bar or a hardworking fisherman in Newfoundland—the split personality of the word reflects how context entirely reshapes meaning depending on whether you're talking about humor or maritime commerce.
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