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ducket
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
deep
VERB + DUCKET
end
DUCKET + NOUN
jerry, projection, s
ADV.
recently
Definitions
noun
1
An aviary or other enclosure for keeping domesticated pigeons; a dovecote.
At the Kyle-fence end of the ducket Jerry’s recently designed trapdoor allowed Monte a shoofty freedom - even from Grandad - which he never had before.
2
A windowed, box-like structure mounted to the top or side of the brake van of a train, from which the guard has a clearer view along the railway track.
Access to the veranda is by means of hinged doors, and a deep ducket or projection is provided on each side to form a lookout.
verb
1
to enter its ducket.
Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings.
noun
1
Obsolete form of ducat.
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At the Kyle-fence end of the ducket Jerry’s recently designed trapdoor allowed Monte a shoofty freedom - even from Grandad - which he never had before.
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Access to the veranda is by means of hinged doors, and a deep ducket or projection is provided on each side to form a lookout.
Wiktionary03
Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect
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