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duck, n.¹ 1. a lover, a sweetheart; a general term of affection; thus duckheaded adj., romantic, sentimental. 2. a prostitute; cite 1852 puns on sense 1, but adressees are three whores in court. 3. a fine example of; usu. in phr. (a) duck of a..., duckey of a... 4. a fellow, a person. 5. a gullible fool. 6. a misfit, an unappealing person. 7. a racehorse that runs best in the mud. 8. see ducks n.¹

duck, n.² a faggot, a parcel of meat scraps sold cheaply to the poor.

duck, n.³ a nickname for residents of the Bombay Presidency; note ‘the Ducks’, the nickname of the Bombay Fusiliers (later 102nd Regiment).

duck, n.⁴ a type of watch.

duck, n.⁵ a container used to bring back beer from the saloon.

duck, n.⁶ an evasion.

duck, n.⁷ a cigarette or cigar end; thus shoot ducks, to relight a cigar or cigarette end.

duck, n.⁸ 1. in gambling, two. 2. a two-year prison sentence.

duck, n.⁹ a ticket, e.g. for the theatre, a sporting event.

duck, n.¹⁰ a type of hairstyle in which the back turns up.

duck, n.¹¹ 1. a weakling; an inferior. 2. an officer who passes on information to the inmates.

duck, n.¹² 1. a confidence trickster. 2. an unpleasant or ugly person. 3. a silly person.

duck, n.¹³ see sitting duck n. (1)

duck, v.¹ 1. to travel, to go. 2. to avoid, to escape from a person or thing. 3. to hide. 4. to get rid of. 5. see nod the nut under nut n.¹ 6. see duck out v.

duck, v.² a euph. for fuck v. (1) / fuck v. (3)

duck, v.³ to bend over in preparation for anal intercourse; usu. in phr. fuck, suck and duck.

duck, v.⁴ see duke v.¹ (3)

duck out, v. 1. to make off, to leave, to abscond; to go out for a short time. 2. to back out, to withdraw. 3. to default on, to avoid.

ducks, n.¹ a term of address, generally affectionate or friendly.

sitting duck, n. 1. an easy target, someone or something vulnerable and defenceless, both lit. and fig. 2. a parked stolen car.

beef, duck an’ lam! a warning: a complaint has been filed, it is time to hide and escape.

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bee’s knees, n. 1. a superior person, or someone who poses as such. 2. of things, the best, the superlative.

cat’s meow, n. 1. anything exceptional or superlative. 2. a superior person or someone who poses as such.

dookering, n. fortune-telling; thus ducker v.

duck-arsed (adj.) 1. short and squat, with large buttocks. 2. a general derog.

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duckass (n.) see duck’s arse n.

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duck bum (n.) see duck’s arse n.

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duckbutt (n.) a short person.

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duck butter (n.) 1. semen. 2. smegma.

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duck-fanny (n.) see duck’s arse n.

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