Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Haiduk (which see).
Etymologies
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Examples
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But if not, I will first strangle you — I learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the
A Legend of Montrose 2008
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But if not, I will first strangle you --- l learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the Ottoman seraglio --- and then seek out a mode of retreat. ''
A Legend of Montrose 1871
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Only look, now, at that heyduck, he has completely doubled up one of those beautiful salad-bowls, in order to force it into the mouth of the sack. "
Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843
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But if not, I will first strangle you -- I learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the Ottoman seraglio -- and then seek out a mode of retreat. "
A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801
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