ruddock

[ruhd-uhk]

noun

British Dialect.

1. robin.

ruddock

/ ˈrʌdək /

noun

1. a dialect name for the robin

Word History and Origins

Origin of ruddock¹

Old English rudduc ; related to rudu redness; see _rudd

Example Sentences

Sam Ruddock from Rugby in Warwickshire, who has competed in shot putt, cycling and sprinting, had travelled to the United States to watch a WrestleMania event and was last heard from on 16 April.

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Mr Ruddock was "very active on social media", she said, so when all contact stopped on 16 April, she said "it started to raise flags".

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His mother, Fran Ruddock from Lincoln, said he normally spoke to her every day and was usually "very sociable".

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Ruddock, however, had other problems.

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As Wales revelled in the glow of a rugby renaissance, little could we have imagined Ruddock would depart just 11 months later amid a contract row, as Welsh rugby fortunes resumed their habit of rising and falling like the geography of the land itself.

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