dock
/dɑk/ noun C2- The fleshy root of an animal's tail; specifically after clipping or cutting.
- A leather case used to cover the clipped or cut tail of a horse.
Plural docks
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You hope to place me in the dock.
I tell you that I will never stand in the dock.
I could not shoot him at sight, or I should myself be in the dock.
During the scene of tumult, Andrea had turned his smiling face towards the assembly; then, leaning with one hand on the oaken rail of the dock, in the most graceful attitude possible, he said:
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