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Word History and Origins
Origin of docken1
C14 doken, from Old English doccan, pl of docce dock 4
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Example Sentences
Jamie, but ye hae a poor taste; and I may say, as the auld sang sings, Will ye compare a docken till a tansie?
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Before the eggs had hatched, the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.
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Before the eggs had hatched the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.
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But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.
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