Green’s Dictionary of Slang

an excl. of surprise, disbelief, dismissal or rejection.

1934		H. Miller Tropic of Cancer (1963) 39: Well, fuck a duck! I congratulate him just the same.
1949		H. Miller Sexus (1969) 125: Fuck a duck! I said to myself. Fuck everything!
1977		G.F. Newman Villain’s Tale 28: Parker said, ‘I don’t think so, Jack. I mean, I wouldn’t do you any favours getting involved [...] ‘Fuck a duck!’ Lynn said in dismay. He had been half convinced that Alan Parker would have fancied some of it.
1985		Partridge Dict. Catch Phrases (2nd edn) 104/2: Go fuck a duck! ‘Get lost!’ ‘Beat it!’.
1986		P. Slabolepszy ‘Boo to the Moon’ in Mooi Street (1994) 91: spider: Fuck a Duck. jessica: Oh my God. What happened? [...] spider: Shit a brick.
1989		P. Munro Sl. U.
1999		T. Dorsey Florida Roadkill 126: ‘Fuck a duck,’ said Sharon.
2006		J. Barcroft Murder Out of the Ballpark 106: ‘Fuck a duck,’ he said.
2013		T. Robinson Hard Bounce [ebook] ‘You tell him we meet or he can go fuck a duck’.
2015		S. King Finders Keepers (2016) 47: He grabbed the handle again and this time it snapped. ‘Fuck a duck,’ Pete said.
2017		T. Spicer Good Girl Stripped Bare 20: ‘Fuck a duck! I’m gunna lose me licence’.
2018		‘Aidan Truhen’ Price You Pay 191: Chikusho fuck a duck? It is imperfect but it gets the job done.
2020		C. Hiaasen Squeeze Me 32: Angie sighed and said, ‘Well, fuck a duck’.
2021		T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 58: Andre told his ball-busting foreman to go fuck a duck.