Trembling, shaky, or uncertain in movement; inclined to shudder or vibrate.
Adjective form of 'dudder' formed with the '-y' suffix. Maintains the dialectal Scottish and Northern English character of its verb root.
A duddery old engine sounds like it might fall apart any moment—it's a word that makes you actually hear and feel the shaking through its sound.
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