Common Usage
The term 'Lady Docker' is also used in a derogatory way in the north of England, specifically Lancashire, to describe a woman who has pretensions to be of high station but who in reality is anything but.
For example, 'Who does she think she is - Lady Docker?' or 'Here comes Lady Docker'
It is interchangeable with 'Lady Muck' or the male equivalent 'Lord Muck'.
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