Antedatings are likely, but I was able to take "noodling" back to 1916 with little effort: http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/noodle/ Grant Barrett On Dec 28, 2004, at 23:32, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote: > They sure are strange in Missouri. You use your hands when you use your > noodle??