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decoy-duck

decoy-duck noun: a duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.

Noun

decoy-duck (plural decoy-ducks)

  1. A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) One employed to lure others into danger.
    • if you give any credit to this jugling rascal, you are worse than simple widgins, and will be drawn into the net by this decoy-duck, this tame cheater.1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey...

Forms of decoy-duck

pluraldecoy-ducks

Questions about decoy-duck

What does decoy-duck mean?
Decoy-duck means a duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.
What part of speech is decoy-duck?
Decoy-duck is a noun.
What is the plural of decoy-duck?
The plural of decoy-duck is decoy-ducks.

Words near decoy-duck in the dictionary

  1. decoy
  2. decoy duck
  3. decoy ducks
  4. decoy effect
  5. decoy effects
  6. decoy-duck
  7. decoy-ducks
  8. decoyable
  9. decoyed
  10. decoyer
  11. decoyers

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