dawkish
noun
a person who advocates neither a conciliatory nor a belligerent national attitude.
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dak or dawk (dɑːk, dɔːk) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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] | |
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| dawk1 (dɔːk) | |
| —n | |
| a variant spelling of dak | |
| dawk2 (dɔːk) | |
| —n | |
| dialect a Northern English dialect word for hand | |
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