doosed English
Alternative forms
* dooced
Adverb
( en adverb)
(degree, dated)
* 1867 , , 2006, Elibron Classics, Volume 1, page 151 ,
- "Upon my word she's a doosed' good-looking little thing," said Archie, coming up to him, after having also shaken hands with her; — "' doosed good-looking, I call her."
* 1872 , Laurence William M. Lockhart, Fair to see , page 149 ,
- I thought my nephew a fool ; I now know that he is a doosed sensible fellow, and the luckiest dog in Christendom — luckiest dog in Christendom, I declare.
* 1938 , G.B. Lancaster (), Promenade , page 143 ,
- Accepted me, did she? Doosed awkward, that. I thought she had more sense.
English degree adverbs
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dooked English
Verb
(head)
(dook)
dook English
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
( en verb)
(of a ferret) To make a certain clucking sound.
Etymology 2
(duck)
Verb
( en verb)
(dialect) duck
* 1835 , James Baillie Fraser, The Highland smugglers, Volume 2
- But anger is a blin' guide — he dooked from the first blow, an' it passed wi' little ill; an' he raised his drawn sword, an' made a wild cut at my head...
Etymology 3
From (etyl) . See also (l) (cloth).
Alternative forms
* (l)
Noun
( en noun)
a strong, untwilled linen or cotton.
Derived terms
* (l)
* (l)
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