Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as Haiduk (which see).

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Examples

  • But if not, I will first strangle you — I learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the

    A Legend of Montrose 2008

  • But if not, I will first strangle you --- l learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the Ottoman seraglio --- and then seek out a mode of retreat. ''

    A Legend of Montrose 1871

  • Only look, now, at that heyduck, he has completely doubled up one of those beautiful salad-bowls, in order to force it into the mouth of the sack. "

    Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends 1843

  • But if not, I will first strangle you -- I learned the art from a Polonian heyduck, who had been a slave in the Ottoman seraglio -- and then seek out a mode of retreat. "

    A Legend of Montrose Walter Scott 1801

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