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decoy-ducks

decoy-ducks is the plural of decoy-duck.

Meaning of decoy-duck

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...

Questions about decoy-ducks

What is decoy-ducks the plural of?
Decoy-ducks is the plural of decoy-duck.

Words near decoy-ducks in the dictionary

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

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