dookering n.
(gypsy and tramp) fortune-telling; thus ducker v.
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Dict. of the Flash or Cant Lang. 162/2: Dookin – fortune-telling. | |
| , | | Dict. of Modern Sl. etc. |
| , , | | Sl. Dict. |
| Sl. Dict. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Tinkler-Gypsies of Galloway 232: Mrs C---’s dukkerin’ tan (fortune-telling tent). [Ibid.] 247: G-- was deputed to attend to customers in the dukkerin’ tan (fortune-telling tent). | |
| Passing Eng. of the Victorian Era. | |
| ‘Sl.’ in Kray (1989) 62: When a gypsy chy goes out duckering, she will read the palm of your hand. | |
| Black Swan Green 304: Books never taught a man to mong or ducker. | |
 | Caravans & Wedding Bands 18: Our dukkering (palm reading) place was actually Mummy’s flat. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | ‘Carny Lingo’ in http://goodmagic.com 🌐 Dukkering — Gypsy fortunetelling. |
In compounds
a fortune-teller.
| Vocabulum. | |
| Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant. | |
| Sl. and Its Analogues. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Aus. Sl. Dict. 25: Dookin Cove, a fortune-teller. |