dukkerin

Updated: June 12, 2025

'I will here ply the trade of kaulomescro, said I. Highly poetical Volundr Grecian mythology Making a petul Tongues of flame Hammering Spite of dukkerin Heaviness. It has always struck me that there is something highly poetical about a forge.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

Your son shall you see, and your son's son, my noble gentleman, and with your romi shall you go with happiness to the grave," she dropped the hand. "So be it for a true dukkerin, and remember Gentilla Stanley when the luck comes true." "But Mother, Mother," said Lambert, following her to the door, as he was still doubtful as to her intentions concerning Miss Greeby.

Fergus Hume - Red Money

Anon, I found myself at York again, just as the drop fell, and I looked up, and I saw not the tinker, but my own self hanging in the air.’ ‘You are going mad, bebee; if you want to hasten him, take your stick and poke him in the eye.’ ‘That will be of no use, child, the dukkerin tells me so; but I will try what I can do.

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest

I do not like the look of him; he looks over-gorgeous. An ill day to the Romans when he masters Rommany; and, when I says that, I pens a true dukkerin. 'What do you call God, Jasper?

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro; the Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest

There is no hope, sir, no help, you have taken drow; shall I tell you your fortune, sir, your dukkerin? God bless you, pretty gentleman, much trouble will you have to suffer, and much water to cross; but never mind, pretty gentleman, you shall be fortunate at the end, and those who hate shall take off their hats to you."

George Henry Borrow - Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest