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CUCKING STOOL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cucking stool mean?
• CUCKING STOOL (noun)
The noun CUCKING STOOL has 1 sense:
1. an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
Familiarity information: CUCKING STOOL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
cucking stool; ducking stool
Hypernyms ("cucking stool" is a kind of...):
instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)
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