duckess
duckess noun: a female duck.
Noun
duckess (plural duckesses)
- A female duck.
- But the thrust that got Eustace in the pin feathers was: “I know why you’re such a model drake,—it’s because your wife is the only duckess in the barnyard.” “Not at all!” he replied. “The principles for which I stand are absolute. They would be the same if there were a hundred duckesses besides...1920, Lawton Mackall, “Beyond the Paling”, in Scrambled Eggs, Stewart & Kidd Company, page 37
- And here come Sophie and her four offsprings which we have been unable thus far to segregate into ducks and duckesses. Manchester, the biggest of the lot, makes a specialty of pecking at my shoelaces.1938 September 17, “From the Editor’s Easy Chair”, in Welford Beaton, editor, Hollywood Spectator, thirteenth year, volume 13, number 17, Los Angeles, Calif., section “Mental Meanderings”, page six...
- Synonyms:
- duck
Examples of duckess in a sentence
- But the thrust that got Eustace in the pin feathers was: “I know why you’re such a model drake,—it’s because your wife is the only duckess in the barnyard.” “Not at all!” he replied.1920, Lawton Mackall, “Beyond the Paling”, in Scrambled Eggs, Stewart & Kidd Company, page 37:
- Harold does not like to shoot little ducks and duckesses himself, but he got some swell camera shots of some of his friends in action.1953, The Fortnightly Review of the Chicago Dental Society, page 18, column 2:
- Three duckesses had fluffy, little broods parading along behind, ready to claim their waterfront real estate as soon as the ice stopped being ice.2012, Robert L. Payne, A Side Order of Truth, Xlibris, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 481:
Synonyms of duckess
Forms of duckess
| plural | duckesses |
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Origin of duckess
From duck + -ess.
Questions about duckess
- What does duckess mean?
- Duckess means a female duck.
- How do you use duckess in a sentence?
- But the thrust that got Eustace in the pin feathers was: “I know why you’re such a model drake,—it’s because your wife is the only duckess in the barnyard.” “Not at all!” he replied.
- What part of speech is duckess?
- Duckess is a noun.
- What is the plural of duckess?
- The plural of duckess is duckesses.
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