duke
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Old French duc, through Middle English duk, duke, from Latin dux, ducis. Displaced native Old English heretoga. Was present as duc in late Old English, from the same Latin source. Doublet of dux and doge.
The “fist” sense is thought to be Cockney rhyming slang where “Duke(s) of York” = fork. Fork is itself Cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.[1]
duke (plural dukes)
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duke (third-person singular simple present dukes, present participle duking, simple past and past participle duked)
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