cuke
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cuke
First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and respelling
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But if you’re looking to up your r-cucumber salad game, consider blogger Paula Hingley's recipe which involves pounding those cuke slices.
From Fox News ● Jul. 16, 2021
But if one monkey received grapes while the other was rewarded with a mere cuke, conflict arose: “Monkeys who’d been perfectly happy to work for cucumber all of a sudden went on strike.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 25, 2019
McIlheny: "And are ye the mahn that's after takun' my wife for yer cuke?"
From The Albany Depot : a Farce by William Dean Howells
I bane come tomorrow night and cuke the dinner.
From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Emma Speed Sampson
Fwhy did he ask her if she was a cuke?
From The Albany Depot : a Farce by William Dean Howells
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