dubok

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dubok

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

noun duboks

A dead drop. 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 […]

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"dubok." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dubok. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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dubok. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dubok

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"dubok." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dubok.

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@misc{dubok_2026,
  title = {dubok},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/dubok},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}