docken

/ ˈdɒkən /

noun

1. another name for dock 4
2. something of no value or importance

   not worth a docken

Word History and Origins

Origin of docken¹

C14 doken, from Old English doccan, pl of docce dock ⁴

Example Sentences

Jamie, but ye hae a poor taste; and I may say, as the auld sang sings, Will ye compare a docken till a tansie?

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Before the eggs had hatched, the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.

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Before the eggs had hatched the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.

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But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.

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