Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
duck , duck.
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Examples
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As is well said in these lines of Homer, the gift of beauty is not lightly to be thrown away, that glorious gift which none can bestow save the gods alone — [Greek: outoi hapoblaet erti theon erikuoea dora, ossa ken autoi dosin, ekon douk an tis eloito] .7 7
The Wisdom of Life 2004
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I would have cried bitterly, but I thought it beneath the dignity of a man, and a man too who had read [Greek: tôn ontôn, ta men eph 'hêmin ta douk eph' hêmin].
The Youth of Jefferson A Chronicle of College Scrapes at Williamsburg, in Virginia, A.D. 1764 Anonymous
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Road, halloing "Sour douk, sour douk;" tinklers skirmishing the edges of brown plates they were trying to make the old wives buy -- and what not.
The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself David Macbeth Moir 1824
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Road, halloing "Sour douk, sour douk"; tinklers skirmishing the edges of brown plates they were trying to make the old wives buy -- and what not.
The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith David Macbeth Moir 1824
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In 1987, Issac learned the bind douk and JJ and Moses were added, playing the bin bill and tonton sanson, and the African Showboyz emerged as Africas pentacle of conscious musicians.
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In 1987, Issac learned the bind douk and JJ and Moses were added, playing the bin bill and tonton sanson, and the African Showboyz emerged as Africas pentacle of conscious musicians.
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In 1987, Issac learned the bind douk and JJ and Moses were added, playing the bin bill and tonton sanson, and the African Showboyz emerged as Africas pentacle of conscious musicians.
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Bucha - iii, no douk for fome good Reafons of bit vn, does not bejlom half a Sheet of xosjpt fan tU tbt Military Perjinrwmcts oj tbe Cam -
The History of the Campagnes 1548 and 1549: Being an Exact Account of the Martial Expeditions ... 1707
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