cuke
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cuke
First recorded in 1900–05; by shortening and respelling
Example Sentences
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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
What did ye mane, sor, by comin' up to the Hannorable Mrs. Michael McIlheny and askun' her if she was a cuke?
From The Albany Depot : a Farce by Howells, William Dean
Cook said she had conthracted to cuke for a small family, not to run a continurous bairbecue.
From Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents by Hughes, Rupert
I bane come tomorrow night and cuke the dinner.
From Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman by Sampson, Emma Speed
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