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, Dukes classification, Dukes disease, Dukhobor, dukka, dukkha
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