Meaning of dukey | Babel Free

Definitions

A penny gaff.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“Delicate perfumes floated through the theatre; at the penny "dukey," fried fish and hot codlins reminded you more of food than fantasy.”

“Between the pieces were individual turns, comic songs and dances. […] Simpson, also the proprietor of a Dukey in Queen Square, Westminster, was the aristocrat of the Penny Gaffs.”

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