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cuke

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/ kyuk /
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noun Informal.
cucumber.
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Origin of cuke

First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and respelling

Words nearby cuke

cuisse, cuitlacoche, cuittle, cui-ui, cuj., cuke, Cukor, CUL8R, Culbertson, culch, culchie
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How to use cuke in a sentence

  • McIlheny: "And are ye the mahn that's after takun' my wife for yer cuke?"

    The Albany Depot|W. D. Howells

  • What's to kape a cuke from lukun' like a lady, or a lady from lukun' like a cuke?

    The Albany Depot|W. D. Howells
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