duckie, noun1

Forms:: Also ducky.

Origin:: EnglishShow more Formed on ducktail + English (informal) noun-forming suffix -ie (or -y).

obsolescent, colloquial

a. The ducktail hairstyle. b. ducktail. Also attributive.

1962 J. Taylor ‘Hennie van Saracen’. (lyrics)When they saw my ducky hairstyle..in twenty seconds flat they shaved off all my hair.

1977 C. Hope in S. Gray Theatre Two (1981) 35Others aspired to the tone of voice but only the true duckie managed the proper accents and delivery without sounding phoney.

The ducktail hairstyle.

ducktail. Also attributive.

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dubbeltjie, nounn.2duckie, nounn.2

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