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dukey

dukey noun: a penny gaff. Also the alternative form of dookie.

Noun

dukey (plural dukeys)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A penny gaff.
    • Delicate perfumes floated through the theatre; at the penny "dukey," fried fish and hot codlins reminded you more of food than fantasy.1919, Thomas McDonald Rendle, Swings and Roundabouts: A Yokel in London, page 50
    • Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances. […] Simpson, also the proprietor of a Dukey in Queen Square, Westminster, was the aristocrat of the Penny Gaffs.1960, Theatre Notebook, volumes 14-16, page 122

Also used as

dukey is also the alternative form of dookie.

Forms of dukey

pluraldukeys
alternative formdookie
alternative formdooky

Words that rhyme with dukey

Questions about dukey

What does dukey mean?
Dukey means a penny gaff.
What part of speech is dukey?
Dukey is a noun.
What is the plural of dukey?
The plural of dukey is dukeys.

Words near dukey in the dictionary

  1. dukes out
  2. dukes up
  3. dukeship
  4. dukeships
  5. Dukestown
  6. dukey
  7. dukeys
  8. dukhan
  9. dukhans
  10. dukhaun
  11. dukhauns

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