ducky1
[duhk-ee]
- fine; excellent; wonderful.
- darling; charming; cute.
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Origin of ducky1
ducky2
[duhk-ee]
- (used as a term of endearment or familiarity) dear; sweetheart; darling; pet.
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Origin of ducky2
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Contemporary Examples
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Historical Examples
I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't know that Ducky Lucky will be delighted.
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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.
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It is Father, dear Father, and he does not know his little Ducky at all!
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That is to say, it is about the trouble that came before Ducky was born; you remember it?
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ducky
duckie
informal
- 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
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- delightful; fine
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Word Origin and History for ducky
adj.
"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].
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