Dook
[du:k]
Definition
n. (Scot.) a plug of wood driven into a wall to hold a nail &c.
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Examples
- I've less reason to wish the Dook well than most men, said he, for I was head coachman once, and cruel bad he treated me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pals of the Dook, I suppose? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lord Nelsing and the Dook of Wellingtin were nothin' to him—nothin'! Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Why, I'd back Mr Roylands against the Dook of Wellingtin himself for fightin'. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
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