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Search phrase: duck

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC III.vii.64And the Phoenicians go a-ducking; weAnd the Phonicians go a ducking: wee
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.i.30Which doth amount to three odd ducats moreWhich doth amount to three odde Duckets more
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.i.106There is a purse of ducats. Let her send it.There is a purse of Duckets, let her send it:
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.83A ring he hath of mine worth forty ducats,A Ring he hath of mine worth fortie Duckets, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iii.96For forty ducats is too much to lose.For fortie Duckets is too much to loose. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.13Five hundred ducats, villain, for a rope?Fiue hundred Duckets villaine for a rope?
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.85Went'st not thou to her for a purse of ducats?Wentst not thou to her for a purse of Duckets.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.iv.132.1Two hundred ducats.Two hundred Duckets.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.232For certain ducats. He with none returned.For certaine Duckets: he with none return'd. 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.385This purse of ducats I received from you,This purse of Duckets I receiu'd from you, 
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.390These ducats pawn I for my father here.These Duckets pawne I for my father heere. 
CymbelineCym I.v.124I will lay you ten thousand ducats to your ring, that,I will lay you ten thousands Duckets to your Ring, that
CymbelineCym I.v.147part of your mistress, my ten thousand ducats arepart of your Mistris: my ten thousand Duckets are
Henry IV Part 11H4 II.ii.99more valour in that Poins than in a wild duck.moe valour in that Poynes, than in a wilde Ducke.
Henry IV Part 11H4 IV.ii.20duck. I pressed me none but such toasts-and-butter,Ducke. I prest me none but such Tostes and Butter,
Henry VH5 II.iii.49And Holdfast is the only dog, my duck.and hold-fast is the onely Dogge: My Ducke,
King LearKL II.ii.101Than twenty silly-ducking observantsThen twenty silly-ducking obseruants,
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.120and his use was to put a ducat in her clack-dish. Theand his vse was, to put a ducket in her Clack-dish; the
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.i.82at my foot, and the ducats in her coffin! No news ofat my foote, and the duckets in her coffin: no newes of
A Midsummer Night's DreamMND V.i.273O dainty duck, O dear!O dainty Ducke: O Deere!
OthelloOth II.i.182Olympus-high, and duck again as lowOlympus high: and duck againe as low,
PericlesPer Chorus.III.49That, as a duck for life that dives,That as a Ducke for life that diues,
Richard IIIR3 I.iii.49Duck with French nods and apish courtesy,Ducke with French nods, and Apish curtesie,
Romeo and JulietRJ V.i.59Hold, there is forty ducats. Let me haveHold, there is fortie Duckets, let me haue
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.362Besides two thousand ducats by the yearBesides, two thousand Duckets by the yeere
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.365Two thousand ducats by the year of land!Two thousand Duckets by the yeere of land,
The TempestTem II.ii.125Swum ashore, man, like a duck. I can swimSwom ashore (man) like a Ducke: I can swim
The TempestTem II.ii.126like a duck, I'll be sworn.like a Ducke i'le be sworne.
The TempestTem II.ii.128Though thou canst swim like a duck, thou art made likeThough thou canst swim like a Ducke, thou art made like
Timon of AthensTim IV.iii.18Ducks to the golden fool. All's obliquy;Duckes to the Golden Foole. All's obliquie:
Troilus and CressidaTC III.ii.51you: the falcon as the tercel, for all the ducks i'th' riveryou. The Faulcon, as the Tercell, for all the Ducks ith Riuer:
Troilus and CressidaTC IV.iv.11Here, here, here he comes. Ah, sweet ducks!Here, here, here, he comes, a sweet ducke.
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG I.i.136not so much as a ducat for delivering your letter; andnot so much as a ducket for deliuering your letter: / And
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iv.315My dainty duck, my dear-a?My dainty Ducke, my deere-a?

Poems

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Venus and AdonisVen.87 Who, being looked on, ducks as quickly in; Who being lookt on, ducks as quickly in:

Glossary

 3 result(s).
crouchduck down, lie hidden
duckmake a brief bow, act in a cringing way
silly-duckingfoolishly bowing, ridiculously obsequious

Thesaurus

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duck downcrouch

Themes and Topics

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a- as a particle... a-sleeping tim i ii 66 a-ducking ac iii vii 64 a-swearing ha...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DUCK [bird]BASICduck n, ducking n
DUCK [bow]BASICduck v
DUCK [bow]ACTIONsilly-ducking adj
SILLYACTIONsilly-ducking adj

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