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  • noun Plural form of dusky.

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Examples

  • Until you've seen three Canadian duskies you grew up with get sucked into a jet engine, don't tell me you know what tragedy is.

    John Marshall: The Geese Fight Back 2009

  • And they were encouraged by at least the duskies that they found yesterday, that that is a diminishing population of shark.

    CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2009 2009

  • You ought to have seen her among the quail, and later, in the saw-grass, pulling down mallard and duskies from the sky-high overhead range!

    The Firing Line 1899

  • Aggressive bull sharks are the main target but marine biologist Vic Peddemors, who is in charge of the project, said tiger sharks, spinner sharks, black tips and duskies are among the target list.

    National Nine News 2009

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