dukes

/ (djuːks) /

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pl n

slang the fists (esp in the phrase put your dukes up)

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Word Origin for dukes

C19: from Duke of Yorks rhyming slang for forks (fingers)

Words nearby dukes

Dukakis, Dukas, duke, dukedom, duked up, dukes, Dukhobor, dukka, dukkha, DUKW, Dulbecco

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How to use dukes in a sentence

Altogether, the monks, the Dukes, and the winemakers created a microcosm the influence of which can still be felt today.
The Next UNESCO World Heritage Site: Burgundy’s Pinot Noir Country?|Jordan Salcito|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The powerful Burgundian Dukes noticed that this parcel made particularly elegant wine each year.
The Next UNESCO World Heritage Site: Burgundy’s Pinot Noir Country?|Jordan Salcito|May 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Dukes of Hazzard were masters of button-popped shirts, teasingly open.
Jude Law and the Great Male ‘He-Vage’ Crisis|Tim Teeman|May 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In one of the biggest “gets” of the book, Cohan interviews Robert Steel, who was the chairman of Dukes?
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From a New Book on the Duke Lacrosse Scandal|William O’Connor|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Later, the Dukes of Burgundy appropriated the land and vines were revived by medieval monks.
The Drink All You Want Holiday Wine|Jordan Salcito|December 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Later still, for the same reason, when he was making his hierarchy stronger, he created him one of his new Dukes.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
It is there called a "prie-dieu," and is said to have belonged to the Dukes of Savoy, but the size is very unusual for such a use.
Notes and Queries, Number 196, July 30, 1853|Various
The Dukes set an example of extravagance which was followed by the Barons who surrounded them, and also by the rich bourgeois.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
Ruggiero the elder was so highly valued by the Medici that the two dukes, Cosmo and Lorenzo, stood godfathers to his two sons.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
Nor were the nobles more inclined to exchange the bishops for other rulers, especially if these were to be the Dukes of Burgundy.
Belgium|George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

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