Meanings
nounduco (uncountable)
- AustraliacolloquialuncountableautomotiveAutomotive paint.
A green four-wheel drive, its duco iridescent in the winter sunlight like the carapace of some mythical beetle come to rest there, was parked by the side of a ripple-iron tank set back from the riverbank.
2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 35
verbduco (third-person singular simple present ducos, present participle ducoing, simple past and past participle ducoed)
present singular third person ducos · participle present ducoing · participle past ducoed · past ducoed
- AustraliacolloquialtransitiveautomotiveTo paint with automotive paint.
Origin
From a 1920s trade name for automotive lacquer.
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APA
duco. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duco
MLA
“duco.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duco. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “duco,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/duco.
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