ducky
1- fine; excellent; wonderful.
- darling; charming; cute.
Origin of ducky
1ducky
2- (used as a term of endearment or familiarity) dear; sweetheart; darling; pet.
Origin of ducky
2Related Words for ducky
cordial, kind, good, okay, fair, superior, swell, welcome, winning, lovely, friendly, ducky, admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerateExamples from the Web for ducky
Contemporary Examples of ducky
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Historical Examples of ducky
I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't know that Ducky Lucky will be delighted.
PhyllisDorothy Whitehill
She and Ducky slept in the sitting-room now, while the four boys had the bedroom.
The Adventurous SevenBessie Marchant
"I am quite equal to taking care of myself, and of Ducky too," she said loftily.
The Adventurous SevenBessie Marchant
It is Father, dear Father, and he does not know his little Ducky at all!
The Adventurous SevenBessie Marchant
That is to say, it is about the trouble that came before Ducky was born; you remember it?
The Adventurous SevenBessie Marchant
ducky
duckie
- British darling or dear: used as a term of endearment among women, but now often used in imitation of the supposed usage of homosexual men
- delightful; fine
Word Origin and History for ducky
"excellent," slang from 1897 (often ironical),perhaps from duckie as a term of endearment (early 19c.). Probably not related to much earlier slang noun meaning "a woman's breast" ["...whose pritty duckys I trust shortly to kysse," Henry VIII, c.1536 letter to Anne Boleyn, who, contrary to rumor, did not have three of them].