dotterel

Definitions

1. A gullible fool, especially an elderly person with impaired faculties.
2. A small brown-and-black bird of species Charadrius morinellus, of the plover family.
3. Any of various small birds of Australasia thought to resemble the Eurasian dotterel.
   Australia, New-Zealand

Equivalents

Examples

“This poor dotterel, Sir Arthur, is playing fast and loose with me.”

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