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CUCKING STOOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
Synonyms:
cucking stool; ducking stool
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("cucking stool" is a kind of...):
instrument of punishment (an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person)