slang or dial. [perh. f. COD sb.5 in sense ‘fool.’] trans. ‘To hoax, to take a “rise” out of’ (Slang Dict., 1873); to humbug, impose upon.
1884. Cheshire Gloss., Coddin, humbugging. ‘Tha’st only coddin me as tha allus does; tha’l none tay me to see th’ fair.’
1887. in S. Cheshire Folk-sp.
1889. in Scotland.
