Meaning

noun a unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds

adjective alone and on your own

originLate Middle English, of uncertain origin, but possibly from the same source as German Zotte (“clotted hair”), which see. Also cognate with Saterland Frisian todde (“bundle”), Swedish todd (“mass (of wool)”, dialectal).

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