duckman
duckman noun: someone who raises ducks to produce meat.
Noun
duckman (plural duckmen)
- Someone who raises ducks to produce meat.
- The vegetables, which are often difficult for the duckman to obtain, the farmer sorts out from his potatoes turnips, beets, cabbages, etc., and places but little value upon them. Fed to ducks this inferior quality will produce meat salable at fifteen to thirty cents per pound.1906, Reliable Poultry Journal Publishing Company, Artificial Incubating and Brooding
- After all items were battened down and luggage given a protective cover of feed sacks, duckmen and ducks rolled out in comparative quiet. But at the first gasoline stop, the waterfowl were fooled by the bright lights into thinking it was morning.1958, John L. Peyton, Fay Mackenzie Peyton, The Magazine of Ducks and Geese, volumes 9-10, page 24
Proper noun capitalized: Duckman
Duckman (plural Duckmans)
- A surname.
Forms of duckman
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | duckmen |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Duckmans |
Origin of duckman
From duck + -man.
Probably from duckman, a dated term for someone who raises duck to produce meat. Compare Duckmanton.
Questions about duckman
- What does duckman mean?
- Duckman means someone who raises ducks to produce meat.
- What part of speech is duckman?
- Duckman can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of duckman?
- The plural of duckman is duckmen.
Words near duckman in the dictionary
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