ruddock

[ ruhd-uhk ]

/ ˈrʌd ək /

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noun British Dialect.

robin (def. 1).

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Words nearby ruddock

rudderpost, rudderstock, ruddevator, ruddle, ruddleman, ruddock, ruddy, ruddy duck, ruddy turnstone, rude, rude awakening

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How to use ruddock in a sentence

This week they got Mike Tyson and Razor Ruddock over at the Mirage, where the fake volcano blows up every twenty minutes.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They're singing Bob Marley songs, because Ruddock is from Jamaica.
The Stacks: Harold Conrad Was Many Things, But He Was Never, Ever Dull|Mark Jacobson|March 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
About fifty years ago the leader who started the tune with a trumpet was James Ruddock "a bedstuffer."
The Evolution Of An English Town|Gordon Home
Ruddock had once set out with high hopes of reaching the Sixth; his first term he had won a Divinity prize in the Shell.
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh

Ruddock's writing-pad passed slowly round the back and centre benches.
The Loom of Youth|Alec Waugh
Yet there was no laughing crowd, and I haven't heard one of Ruddock's jokes bruited about.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 62, January 6, 1872|Various
Whereat Pendell almost roars with laughter, and nods at me knowingly, as if asking if Ruddock isn't a character.
Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 62, January 20, 1872|Various

British Dictionary definitions for ruddock

ruddock

/ (ˈrʌdək) /

noun

British a dialect name for the robin (def. 1)

Word Origin for ruddock

Old English rudduc; related to rudu redness; see rudd

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