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duchessing

duchessing is the present participle and gerund of duchess.

Meaning of duchess

Verb

duchess (third-person singular simple present duchesses, present participle duchessing, simple past and past participle duchessed)

  1. (Australia, informal) To court or curry favour for political or business advantage; to flatter obsequiously.
    • On arrival in England he was “duchessed” in a manner that no Australian Prime Minister has ever been “duchessed” before or since. Northcliffe was looking for someone around whom he could build a campaign against Asquith. Hughes filled the bill nicely.1956, John Thomas Lang, I Remember, page 64

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Questions about duchessing

What is duchessing the present participle and gerund of?
Duchessing is the present participle and gerund of duchess.

Words near duchessing in the dictionary

  1. duchesse laces
  2. duchesse potatoes
  3. duchessed
  4. duchesses
  5. duchesshood
  6. duchessing
  7. duchesslike
  8. duchessly
  9. duchessness
  10. duchessy
  11. duchies

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