dodman: Word of the day for May 24, 2018

Our new 'Word Of The Day' article update : dodman , n :
(Britain, dialectal) A land-based snail. (Britain, dialectal) A snail's shell. (Britain, dialectal) Any shellfish which casts its shell, such as a lobster. (Britain, dialectal) A surveyor. Today is marked by some people as National Escargot Day in the USA, to celebrate escargot or cooked land snails.