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cuck·ing stool (kuk′iŋ)

Historical a chair to which a person was fastened and exposed to public ridicule, or sometimes ducked in water, as a punishment

Etymology: ME coking-stole, lit., toilet seat < ME coken < OIce kuka, to defecate: the instrument was orig. made like a toilet seat to heighten the indignity

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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