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Ducking Stool

nounid 43321·updated May 18, 2026
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an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water

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Variants

synonym
cucking stool
plural
Ducking Stools
possessive
Ducking Stool's
pluralpossessive
Ducking Stools'

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an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water

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