"Dotard" Probably a derivative of "doty"

A genuinely archaic word dug up by Kim Jung Un, and applied to DJ Trump.

If only he could have imagined who Trump's successor would be!

Here we call that pithy!

Dungarees

Trousers

Yup,,thats it pithy.

Yep punky is the word we always used for rotted wood. Although now it's coming back to me that I HAVE heard doty used, but in it's other context... as another word for senile. As in, look at that doty old man that thinks he's President of the United States.

peterfore is another.

Now addle, I've heard used mostly as a verb. As in, look at that doty old man who thinks he's the President of the United States, clearly his brain is addled.

Now that one I've never heard and neither has google LOL

In Riverboat parlance a "Towhead" was a small sand bar island, parallel to the current that had tree's growing on it.
A "Fortnight" is 2 weeks
I think is "Doubty", as in in unsure of it's soundness
Momma used to ask us kids if we were "Addlepated"?
"Tote sack"
"2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits = $.25, $.50 $.75: The Spanish "Real", or Piece of eight", was about on par with the US Dollar, so 1 "Bit" was 1/8 of a Dollar, or 12.5 Cents, so 2 bits was a quarter of a dollar, and so on.

A tow head away from the river is usually a cotton topped youngun. Really light blonde hair.