ruddock
[ruhd-uh k]
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Contemporary Examples
They're singing Bob Marley songs, because Ruddock is from Jamaica.
Historical Examples
Ruddock, and Relf Chapman, to which society he once belonged, and left in the year 1702.
Curious Church CustomsVarious
Ruddock was, moreover, an altruist; he always worked for the good of his fellow-men.
The Loom of YouthAlec Waugh
Ruddock, Johnstone and the other old stagers were all of the same opinion.
The Loom of YouthAlec Waugh
Yet there was no laughing crowd, and I haven't heard one of Ruddock's jokes bruited about.
Whereat Pendell almost roars with laughter, and nods at me knowingly, as if asking if Ruddock isn't a character.
ruddock
- British a dialect name for the robin (def. 1)
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Word Origin
Old English rudduc; related to rudu redness; see rudd
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Word Origin and History for ruddock
n.
"robin," late Old English rudduc, from rudu "red color," related to read (see red (adj.1)) + diminutive suffix.
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