1 janv. 1688 - cuck

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A verb meaning to be ducked in the cuckstool or cucking-stool, probably a back formation from one of these. 1638 <i>Cecilye Walker … for being a common scould and abusing of her neighbours with evil revileing language, shall be cucked by the constable</i>, Birstall (YAJ5/380); 1688 <i>we present Mary Wilkinson and Mary Robert, both of Stansfield, for common scolds … </i>[they]<i> ought to bee cucked on Whitsunday Tuesday next</i> (WCR13/142).

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