kanoodle

kanoodle (third-person singular simple present kanoodles, present participle kanoodling, simple past and past participle kanoodled)

1. Rare spelling of canoodle.
   • 1880, [George Wilbur] Peck, “Buying a Stone Crusher”, in V. W. Richardson, compiler, Peck’s Fun: Being […] the Cream of Mr. Peck’s Writings of the Past Ten Years, Chicago, Ill.: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 29:

     He was a truly good man, and did not believe there were any bad men in the world, who would kanoodle him with a stone crusher.

   • 1887, Geo[rge] W[ilbur] Peck, chapter XII, in How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion, Or The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Belford, Clarke & Co., →OCLC, page 156:

     And above all things, do not let her kanoodle you with soft words and looks of love, because she is full of 'em. If she can't scare you, with her indignation at the outrage of arresting and searching her, she will try to capture you and make you love her. You must be as firm as adamant.

   • 2007 November, Jackie Kessler, “Paul’s Apartment”, in The Road to Hell, 1st mass-market paperback edition, New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, published November 2009, →ISBN, page 37:

     My mouth opened, ostensibly to tell him to stop this right now, I refused to kanoodle with anyone who wasn't my true love. I'd never know what I would have actually said, because he crushed his lips on mine, and my brain short-circuited.

• Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Jonathan E. Lighter, 1994, page 336.