[Note: Sense 1 incorporates former entry dandual.]
dandoodle n chiefly seVA, neNC
1 = tom thumb n 1.
1904 El Paso Herald (TX) 24 Nov 3/2, We-alls smokehouse in dem days use ter be filled jam full er meat—hams th’ee and fo’ years ole’ en joles en shoulders en dandoodles en sassiges. [Short story by LaSalle Corbell Pickett, born 1843 near Suffolk VA.] 1923 Norfolk Ledger–Dispatch (VA) 16 Feb 25/7, [Advt:] Received Today— . . Southampton County dandoodles. 1932 Daily Press (Newport News VA) 1 May sec A 6/4, Plenty ’er hams and shoulders, sides and jowls. Land sakes, don’t youah know what dey are, dan-doodles—smoked chitlins? 1970 DARE (Qu. H43, Foods made from parts of the head and inner organs of an animal) Inf VA46, [ˈdænduəl]—lights [=lungs], red pepper, salt, smoked [FW: l barely pronounced]. 1991 News–Herald (Ahoskie NC) 25 Nov 5/3, [Advt:] Wise’s IGA Has All Your Thanksgiving Needs— . . Country Dandoodle And Sausage. 1999 Smithfield Times (VA) 3 Nov 4/3, He says that six dan-doodle experts gathered would have six different versions of what makes up a dan-doodle, only the shape as determined by the casing being consistent. . . “The actual casing is called in the industry ‘middle caps,’” he said. 2023 News Jrl. (Wilmington DE) 29 Nov sec B 2/, Another intriguing item . . is . . stomach-stuffed montalaya, Mexico’s resoundingly spicy answer to a Scottish haggis or Southern dandoodle sausage.
2 = tom thumb n 2.
1948 Suffolk News–Herald (VA) 10 Mar 11/6, [Advt:] Grocery Specials. . . 1 dandoodle stuffed with sausage meat 55 c. 2004 DARE File—Internet NC (as of 1943), Some of the meat was stuffed into the prepared stomachs of the hogs, which were called “dandoodles” or “tom thumbs,” for slow oven cooking later.