British Dictionary definitions for docken

docken

noun mainly Scot

another name for dock 4
something of no value or importancenot worth a docken

Word Origin

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

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Examples from the Web for docken

Historical Examples

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

docken

Word Origin

Examples from the Web for docken

Historical Examples

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.

Jamie, but ye hae a poor taste; and I may say, as the auld sang sings, Will ye compare a docken till a tansie?

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