dukicide
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dukicide (uncountable) (rare)
- The killing of a duke.
- 1891 June 6, George Saintsbury, “New Novels”, in The Academy. A Weekly Review of Literature, Science, and Art., volume XXXIX, number 996, London: Publishing Office: […], page 535, column 1:
- Lady Lindsay, with that appetite for shrouds which is inborn in the female mind, kills Mary’s husband (a novelist should think twice before unnecessary dukicide) for no earthly reason; and the part of Dr. Jackson is awkward.
- c. 1994, Andrei Codrescu, editor, Exquisite Corpse, page 46, column 2:
- One of the problems of being a duke was any that number of one’s followers might get it into their head they could be duke just as well as you, and succeed to the dukedom by dukicide.
- 2010, David Davalos, Wittenberg: A Tragical-Comical-Historical in Two Acts, Dramatists Play Service, →ISBN, act one, page 24:
- HAMLET. What be this? Miching Malicho? / FAUSTUS. Miching Malicho. It means “mischief.” Lurid tales of murder and mayhem among the upper classes. That’s last week’s edition — juicy story of dukicide in Vienna. Enjoy.