ducky
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Ducky
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
ducky or informal duckie (ˈdʌkɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl duckies | |
| 1. | (Brit) darling or dear: used as a term of endearment among women, but now often used in imitation of the supposed usage of homosexual men |
| —adj | |
| 2. | delightful; fine |
| duckie or informal duckie | |
| —n | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
ducky
"excellent," slang from 1897; probably not related to much earlier slang noun meaning "a woman's breast" ["...whose pritty duckys I trust shortly to kysse," Henry VIII, letter to Anne Boleyn, c.1536].
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
If so maybe the rubber ducky idea isn't the best application.
Rubber ducky racers will be available for adoption throughout the day.
He was already familiar with flesh-and-blood armadillos, having eaten those shucked, ducky ones with his ostrich dumplings.
The latter has only confused matters thoroughly by having everything turn out ducky in the end.
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