Green’s Dictionary of Slang

tom noddy n.

also Tommy Noddy
[rhy. sl.]

(US) a body, i.e. a corpse.

[US]Berrey & Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Sl. (2nd edn).
[SA]L.F. Freed Crime in S. Afr. 105: When he talks of his ‘Tommy Noddy’ he means his body.
[UK]R. Puxley Cockney Rabbit.