jucking time
Meanings
noun
- Early morning or late evening, when partridges crow.
- The season of imitating crows to lure partridges out at such a time.
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Etymology
First attested in 1681 as juking-time. From juke, juck (“to crow”), of onomatopoeic origin, but probably also influenced by jug, jouk (“to perch, of partridges”). Compare chuck.
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