Dodman
Meaning: Snail
Heard in Suffolk: Moind where y’ walk’un. Theres lil’ ol Dodmans orn th’ path
Standard English: Mind where you walk. There’s snails on the path
Dawdle
Meaning: Idling, untidy, doing very little (old meaning)
Heard in Suffolk: Oh how yew dew dawdle abowt t’day
Standard English: You are doing very little today
Dawzey
Meaning: Sleepy and dozed
Heard in Suffolk: Oim feel’un proper dawzey a’ smorn’un
Standard English: I am feeling rather sleepy this morning
Duss’nt
Meaning: Does not, also don’t want
Heard in Suffolk: Oi duss’nt wanna gew out in tha rain. Duss’nt want ‘a git wet
Standard English: I don’t want to go out in the rain. I don’t want to get wet
Doddy
Meaning: Little, small, tiny
Heard in Suffolk: Jus’ look at that dear babe, lil’ doddy mawther
Standard English: Just look at that dear little baby girl
Dicky-Dilver
Meaning: Periwinkle (Flower)
Heard in Suffolk: Them there Dicky-Dilvers are grow’un well
Standard English: Those Periwinkles are growing well
Duzzy
Meaning: Polite exclamation instead of an expletive
Heard in Suffolk: Oi jus’ hit me thumb with ‘at duzzy hammer!
Standard English: I just hit my thumb with that _______ hammer!
Dwile
Meaning: A knitted floor cloth, dish cloth or rag
Heard in Suffolk: Oi’ll need th’ dwile t’ mop up ‘at water
Standard English: I’ll need the floor cloth to mop up that water