Duke vs Dutchy - What's the difference?
duke | dutchy |
The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
A grand duke.
(slang, usually in plural) A fist.
To hit or beat with the fists.
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difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated (of one's speech) (dialect: regional to rural Central New York State)
As a verb duke
is to plunge, dive.As a noun dutchy is
.As an adjective dutchy is
difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated (of one's speech) (dialect: regional to rural central new york state).duke
English
(wikipedia duke)Noun
(en noun)- Put up your dukes !
- This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.
Hypernyms
* nobilityCoordinate terms
* prince, monarch, baron, count, countess, earl, marquess, marquis, viscountDerived terms
* archduke * duke it out * dukedom * grand duke * put up one's dukesVerb
(duk)Derived terms
* duke it out * duke it * duke out * duke up * duke in ----dutchy
English
Noun
(dutchies)Adjective
(er)- He is so dutchy that we can hardly understand him.