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ruddocks

ruddocks is the plural of ruddock.

Meaning of ruddock

Noun

ruddock (plural ruddocks)

  1. (archaic) The European robin.
    • The Ouzell shrills; the Ruddock warbles soft.1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion
  2. (obsolete) A piece of gold money (probably because the gold of coins was often reddened by copper alloy).
    • Great pieces of gold […] red ruddocks.1611, John Florio, Queen Anna's New World of Words, or Dictionarie of the Italian and English tongues
  3. (obsolete) A variety of red apple, used for cidermaking.

See all 5 meanings of ruddock

Proper noun capitalized: Ruddocks

Ruddocks

  1. (plural) plural of Ruddock

Questions about ruddocks

What is ruddocks the plural of?
Ruddocks is the plural of ruddock.
What part of speech is ruddocks?
Ruddocks is a proper noun.

Words near ruddocks in the dictionary

  1. ruddleman
  2. ruddlemen
  3. ruddles
  4. ruddling
  5. ruddock
  6. ruddocks
  7. rudds
  8. ruddy
  9. ruddy diver
  10. ruddy divers
  11. ruddy duck

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