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
I was goun' to tell the gintleman that if he was lukun' for a cuke, I'd a cousin out of place that was the best professed cuke in Bahston.
From The Albany Depot : a Farce by William Dean Howells
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 William Dean Howells
Mrs. McIlheny has been thinkun' it oover, and she says you didn't ask her if she was after seeun a cuke, but whether she was after beun' a cuke?
From The Albany Depot : a Farce by William Dean Howells
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