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duck presses

duck presses is the plural of duck press.

Meaning of duck press

Noun

duck press (plural duck presses)

  1. A machine used to extract the blood and bone marrow from a duck for use in pressed duck.
    • Cut off the breast carefully from four snipe, put the frames in a duck press with a clove of garlic, two cloves, three whole pepper corns and a sprig of parsley, turn the screw and obtain all the juice possible.1890, Thomas Jefferson Murrey, “English Snipe”, in Good Things from a Chafing Dish, page 94

Questions about duck presses

What is duck presses the plural of?
Duck presses is the plural of duck press.

Words near duck presses in the dictionary

  1. duck pond
  2. duck ponds
  3. duck potato
  4. duck potatoes
  5. duck press
  6. duck presses
  7. duck race
  8. duck races
  9. duck sauce
  10. duck sauces
  11. duck shoot

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