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ducking stool
Historical a chair at the end of a plank, in which a culprit was tied and then ducked into water as a punishment
Etymology: altered (infl. by duck) < cucking stool
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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