First Known Use: 12th century
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cucking stool
noun cuck·ing stool \ˈkə-kiŋ-\
Definition of CUCKING STOOL
: a chair formerly used for punishing offenders (as dishonest tradesmen) by public exposure or ducking in water
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Origin of CUCKING STOOL
Middle English cucking stol, literally, defecating chair
Rhymes with CUCKING STOOL
April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool, Istanbul, kilojoule, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, majuscule, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, ridicule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool
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