docken

/ (ˈdɒkən) /

noun mainly Scot

another name for dock 4

something of no value or importancenot worth a docken

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Word Origin for docken

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

Words nearby docken

docherty, docile, dock, dock-walloper, dockage, docken, docker, docket, dockhand, docking bridge, docking keel

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Example sentences from the Web for docken

Before the eggs had hatched the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.
Riverby|John Burroughs
But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.
The Men of the Moss-Hags|S. R. Crockett
Before the eggs had hatched, the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.
Bird Stories from Burroughs|John Burroughs
Jamie, but ye hae a poor taste; and I may say, as the auld sang sings, Will ye compare a docken till a tansie?
The Entail|John Galt