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Examples of dead duck in a Sentence
If they find out what I did, I'm a dead duck!
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There's a common misconception that in the South, our dogs ride around in the backs of trucks and always have a dead duck in their mouths.
—Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2024
Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials are seeking information on a poaching case involving dozens of dead ducks left to waste in Canyon County.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 13 Feb. 2024
They have been selected, in both body form and behavior, to retrieve dead ducks, herd sheep, drag badgers from their holes, haul sledges and even deliver brandy to avalanche victims.
—Jerry A. Coyne, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
Feeling like a dead duck; spitting out pieces of his broken luck.
—Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2021
At least that’s what the locals say, though former coach Chris Petersen once claimed to have found a dead duck on the field.
—Berry Tramel, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021
Brown also reached out to the Arizona Game and Fish Department, which sent biologists and took a dead duck in for testing.
—Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 8 Aug. 2019
Biologists with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks found dead ducks and shorebirds with broken wings, smashed skulls, internal damage and other injuries, the agency said in a statement.
—David Williams, CNN, 23 Aug. 2019
Serena O'Sullivan, Arizona Republic City officials have cleaned an area of a Phoenix park left littered with numerous dead ducks that were burned when a fire broke out Sunday.
—Serena O'Sullivan, azcentral, 10 July 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1943, in the meaning defined above
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“Dead duck.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20duck. Accessed 12 Jun. 2024.
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