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dukes

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dook

1. verb, slang To defecate You've been dooking in that toilet for nearly half an hour. Everything all right in there? How are we going to get this cat to dook in the litter box? I nearly dooked in my pants from fright!
2. noun, slang Feces. Be right back, I gotta go take a dook. You better pick up this dog dook before someone comes along and steps in it. He's gotta be taking a dook—he's been in the bathroom forever!

dukes

slang Fists. I put up my dukes, expecting him to strike me at any moment. I ain't gonna let nobody insult my good character—come on and put up your dukes! Though I had put up my dukes, I didn't need to throw a single punch—the big oaf tripped, fell, and knocked himself out all on his own.
See also: duke
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dukes

1. n. the fists. Okay, brother, put your dukes up.
2. n. the knees. He went down on his dukes and prayed for all sorts of good stuff.
See also: duke
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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The Dukes are now serving in Iraq and are not due back to their home base in Germany until next May.
There must be a better way to do this than by taking a sword to the Dukes."
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