dooce

English

Etymology

Respelling representing the pronunciation of deuce in an accent with yod dropping; for speakers with this kind of accent (such as the majority of American English speakers), this spelling would constitute eye dialect since it is identical to their pronunciation of the standard spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /duːs/

Noun

dooce (plural dooces)

1. Pronunciation spelling of deuce.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:

     Still bemused by the inexplicable apparition of Podson on that spot, Bradly growled, "How the dooce did you get here?"

2. Eye dialect spelling of deuce.