Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dubok

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dubok
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Example Sentences

"And then there are the duboks. Every Red Army intelligence agent abroad is assigned the task of finding duboks in the city where he is stationed. A dubok is a hiding place for anything that may be exchanged in espionage work […]"
"Meantime, in addition to the active agents, scores of others wait expectantly, always on the alert; scores of yavkas operate; scores of duboks are maintained; exchange of personnel goes on constantly."
"[…] was unable to remember the spy's cover name but he did not attach much importance to this, since, as he pointed out, cover names, like duboks, were changed from time to time."
"His couriers should communicate with him through duboks – hiding places where messages could be left or collected, also called 'dead letterboxes' […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian дубо́к (dubók), from дуб (dub, “oak tree”).

Inflected Forms

duboks (plural)

Questions

What does dubok mean?: A dead drop.
Where does dubok come from?: Borrowed from Russian дубо́к (dubók), from дуб (dub, “oak tree”).

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