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claimed to be a British term for Baptists, deriving from a Scots verb. The quotations bar opens up to reveal a link to the well-known DSL Scots dictionary, which I've come to see as trustworthy. There is, of course, no entry for dookie in that dictionary, nor for dook which is what the link actually points to. I did find this, suggesting that Scots douk (“duck”) can mean to baptize someone. But that's a far cry from dookie being a word for a Baptist, let alone saying that it's used in English all over the United Kingdom. —Soap— 18:00, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- The link seems to be broken because they changed their URL format. It should be to the entry for dook, which indeed has "Hence ... (b) dookie, a Baptist", with one relevant citation ("They ca'd him a dookie . . . what wud he be, Jamie?" etc., original context here). However in the dictionary the quotation is marked "em.Sc." (east mid Scots), so it's not English. If the sense is moved to a Scots section then as an LDL this citation should suffice. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 20:01, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- It's worth noting that Scots is not an LDL: WT:WDL. This, that and the other (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Odd, I should've checked properly. I see there was some support for some kind of change in status in the recent past, but in any case I don't think this term would pass RFV for Scots either then. —Al-Muqanna المقنع (talk) 22:20, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- It's worth noting that Scots is not an LDL: WT:WDL. This, that and the other (talk) 22:08, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
- Failed. - TheDaveRoss 17:39, 9 June 2023 (UTC)