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Dead duck   /dɛd dək/   Listen
Dead duck

noun
1.
Something doomed to failure.  "The idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck" , "As theories go, that's a dead duck"





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... queer story of David William Duck, related by himself. Duck is an old man living in Aurora, Illinois, where he is universally respected. He is commonly known, however, as "Dead Duck." ...
— Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories • Ambrose Bierce


Words linked to "Dead duck" :   failure


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