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docken

/ ˈdɒkən /

noun

  1. See dock
    another name for dock 4
  2. something of no value or importance

    not worth a docken



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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?

Before the eggs had hatched, the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.

Before the eggs had hatched the docken leaf wilted and dried and fell down upon the nest.

But he was nothing but a dour, donnert soldier, and valued good logic not a docken.

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