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could eat the crutch from a low flying duck

could eat the crutch from a low flying duck is the alternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.

Meaning of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

Phrase

could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck

  1. (Australia, slang) Am/are/is extremely hungry.
    • Against all odds we got there, and a marvelous meal it was, even though we were all hungry enough to eat the crotch out of a low-flying duck by that time.1995 January 4, JOHN WHAT'S-THE-M-FOR? WILLIAMS, “ZooFest Report V”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet)

Questions about could eat the crutch from a low flying duck

What is could eat the crutch from a low flying duck the alternative form of?
Could eat the crutch from a low flying duck is the alternative form of could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck.

Words near could eat the crutch from a low flying duck in the dictionary

  1. could care less
  2. could do
  3. could do with
  4. could eat the arse out of a low flying duck
  5. could eat the crotch out of a low flying duck
  6. could eat the crutch from a low flying duck
  7. could fit on the back of a postage stamp
  8. could go all day
  9. could have cared less
  10. could have done with
  11. could have fooled me

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