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Duckworth

DUHK-wuhth
noun
1
A surname of English origin.
"The Duckworth-Lewis method is used to adjust cricket targets in rain-shortened matches."

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In plain EnglishAn English surname, best known from the cricket scoring method named after Frank Duckworth.

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Duckworths plural

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The _____-Lewis method is used to adjust cricket targets in rain-shortened matches.

Etymology

A habitational surname from a place in Lancashire, from Old English duce ("duck") + worth ("enclosure").

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