ducky
pronunciation
How to pronounce ducky in British English:
UK [ˈdʌki]
How to pronounce ducky in American English:
US [ˈdʌki]
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- Noun:
- a special loved one
Word Origin
- ducky (adj.)
- "excellent," slang from 1897 (often ironical),perhaps from duckie as a term of endearment (early 19c.). Probably not related to much earlier slang noun meaning "a woman's breast" ["...whose pritty duckys I trust shortly to kysse," Henry VIII, c. 1536 letter to Anne Boleyn, who, contrary to rumor, did not have three of them].
Example
- 1. That ducky has been present at many historical moments .
- 2. And I 've recorded the ducky 's peregrinations .
- 3. The ducky visited saddam hussein 's palace in tikrit before the marines arrived .
- 4. She and her father would often look on the map to find where the ducky and I were .
- 5. When I took out the ducky at president karzai 's palace , his security guards got nervous because they couldn 't figure out what I was doing .