niddy-noddy noun a stick about a foot long, with end-pieces, used for wrapping yarn CANADA
A niddy-noddy is a long carved object, connected with spinning, to remove the wool from the bobbin. When in use, as the yarn is guided over the ends of the arms, it nods one way, then the other. — TorontoGlobeandMail, p. T2, 30 January 1986