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Quotation dates: 1931
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DOOKER, n.2 A piece of moist clay attached to the end of a long string, for the purpose of pulling up objects from drains, gratings, etc. (Gsw.1 1940). Cf. Sooker.Gsw. 1931 H. S. Roberton Curdies xxi.:
Down stank after stank we peered until a discovery was made. It might be a wing, or a maik. . . . Down dropped the dooker, up came the booty.
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