Meaning of dukicide | Babel Free

Definitions

The killing of a duke.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Lady Lindsay, with that appetite for shrouds which is inborn in the female mind, kills Mary’s husband (a novelist should think twice before unnecessary dukicide) for no earthly reason; and the part of Dr. Jackson is awkward.”

“One of the problems of being a duke was any that number of one’s followers might get it into their head they could be duke just as well as you, and succeed to the dukedom by dukicide.”

“HAMLET. What be this? Miching Malicho? / FAUSTUS. Miching Malicho. It means “mischief.” Lurid tales of murder and mayhem among the upper classes. That’s last week’s edition — juicy story of dukicide in Vienna. Enjoy.”

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