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decoy duck

decoy duck is the alternative form 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...

Forms of decoy duck

pluraldecoy ducks

Questions about decoy duck

What is decoy duck the alternative form of?
Decoy duck is the alternative form of decoy-duck.

Words near decoy duck in the dictionary

  1. decouples
  2. decoupling
  3. decouplings
  4. decourous
  5. decoy
  6. decoy duck
  7. decoy ducks
  8. decoy effect
  9. decoy effects
  10. decoy-duck
  11. decoy-ducks

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