Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
duncan
IPA transcription: [d'ʌŋkən]
noun
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
Duncan, Isadora_Duncan
Meaning:
United States dancer and pioneer of modern dance (1878-1927)
Usage examples
"Mother Duncan, do kisses wash off?"
"I will come if Dr Duncan will let me.
"What now, Freckles?" asked Mrs. Duncan.
"None the less beautiful, Miss King," returned Duncan gallantly.
He never was ill in his life before, and he behaves to Dr Duncan just as if he had made him ill.
But the change of posture had permitted Duncan to exchange glances with the firm and piercing eyes of Uncas.
He stepped into the bright, cosy little kitchen, and as he reached down the wash-basin he asked Mrs. Duncan a question.
Duncan, who knew that silence was a virtue among his hosts, gladly had recourse to the custom, in order to arrange his ideas.
In the meantime Richard had returned to camp, and Harry Duncan, wounded in a late battle, now occupied his deserted bed in the hospital.
I'll need to come like lightning, and Duncan has no extra horse, so I'm thinking you'd best get me one--or perhaps a wheel would be better.