Etymology Uncertain; perhaps a variant of dovecote. First attested in the late 1900s.
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An aviary or other enclosure for keeping domesticated pigeons; a dovecote.
At the Kyle-fence end of the ducket Jerry’s recently designed trapdoor allowed Monte a shoofty freedom - even from Grandad - which he never had before.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 77:
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UK, Historical A windowed, box-like structure mounted to the top or side of the brake van of a train, from which the guard has a clearer view along the railway track.
Access to the veranda is by means of hinged doors, and a deep ducket or projection is provided on each side to form a lookout.1952 January, “British Railways Standard Wagons”, in Railway Magazine, page 59:
ducket
verb
Etymology Uncertain; perhaps a variant of dovecote. First attested in the late 1900s.
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to enter its ducket.
Mrs Allsop and her bar-blue brother travelled well together in good times, but after they ducketed she would chase him from niche to niche, henpecking him while Monte tried to collar them and collect their rings.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 104: