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dawk

[dawk, dahk]

noun

dak.

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noun

a person who advocates neither a conciliatory nor a belligerent national attitude.

Origin:
1965–70; d(ove)¹ + (h)awk¹

Related forms

dawk·ish, adjective

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dak or dawk (dɑːk, dɔːk)

—n
	a. a system of mail delivery or passenger transport by relays of bearers or horses stationed at intervals along a route
	b. (as modifier): dak bearers

[C18: from Hindi dāk, from Sanskrit drāk quickly]

dawk or dawk

—n

[C18: from Hindi dāk, from Sanskrit drāk quickly]

dawk¹ (dɔːk)

—n
	a variant spelling of dak

dawk² (dɔːk)

—n
	dialect a Northern English dialect word for hand

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