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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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DOCKIE, n. Also dokie. [′dɔke, ′do:ke]

1. The stone used in the game of Duck, found in phr. dockie aff (and dockie on), see quots.Ags.⁶ 1875:
Dokie aff and dokie on was a popular game among boys in Dundee.Ags.¹⁹ 1948:
Dockie aff: one side built a pile of stones (dockies) which they had to defend as well as catch their opponents. The latter would try to remove the stones and the defenders to replace them.

2. A rounded stone from the sea-shore, used in road-making and for bordering the pavement water-channels (Ags.⁴ 1932); any largish stone (Id. 1916; Fif. 1950 (per Fif.¹⁴)).Ags. 1946 Forfar Dispatch (9 May):
She fished til her hert's content, puitin dockies ee watter for her feet.Ags. 1947 J. B. Salmond Toby Jug iii.:
An' noo, lat's hear somethin' aboot yer trokes an' yer ploys an' yer ongaein's in thae Heelan's, whaur, it wud appear, diamonds lie aboot for the liftin' like dokies on a Cargie cairt-road.