Duke vs June - What's the difference?
duke | june |
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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The sixth month of the Gregorian calendar, following May and preceding July. Abbreviation: Jun' or '
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for a girl born in June, used since the end of the 19th century.
* 2002 (Kate Atkinson), Not the End of the World , Doubleday, ISBN 0385604726, page 29:
*:Her parents were old, really old. That's why they'd given her such an old-fashioned name. June', because she was born in June. If she'd been born in November would they have called her November? '''June''' was a name for women in sitcoms and soap operas, the name of women who knit with synthetic wool and follow recipes that use cornflakes, not the name of a thirty-year-old with a ring in her nose ('Oh, ' June' .)
As a verb duke
is to plunge, dive.As an adverb june is
in a young manner, youthfully.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.