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dukes
/ ː /
plural noun
- slang.the fists (esp in the phrase put your dukes up )
Word History and Origins
Origin of dukes1
Example Sentences
"Some unhinged lunatic, a man, wearing daisy dukes, at a makeup store, got in my face today. Dems are nuts. So I went off - and I won’t be backing down," she captioned the post.
He said Myers illness was physically obvious but as soon as the cameras started rolling "he'd have his dukes up, ready for a scrap".
The quality time leads to a beautifully still scene where deep in the dunes, Chani tells Paul, “Your blood comes from dukes and great houses. Here, everyone is equal.”
Over the centuries, the dukes and duchesses of Alba have distinguished themselves in various ways.
He was the descendant of hereditary French dukes and counts going back three centuries.
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