docken
Britishnoun
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another name for dock 4
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something of no value or importance
not worth a docken
Etymology
Origin of docken
C14 doken, from Old English doccan, pl of docce dock 4
Example Sentences
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Perhaps he looked rather older than he was, for he was stiff built and strong, with an ample crop of whiskers extending from his great red docken ears round his harvest moon of a face.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Before the eggs had hatched, the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.
From Bird Stories from Burroughs Sketches of Bird Life Taken from the Works of John Burroughs by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz
"No gibes regarding the docken," promptly chimed in Bang; "it is a highly respectable vegetable, let me tell you, and useful on occasion, which is more."
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
"But the docken, man," said I—"fusionless as a docken—how classic! what an exclamation to proceed from the mouth of a solemn Don!"
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
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