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cucking 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

Origin: 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

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cuck·ing stool

noun

An instrument of punishment no longer in use, consisting of a chair in which the offender was tied and exposed to public derision or ducked in water.

Origin: Middle English cukking stol, from cukken, to defecate, of Scandinavian origin; see kakka- in Indo-European roots.

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