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German duck

German duck noun: a sheep's head stewed with onions.

Noun

German duck

  1. (obsolete) A sheep's head stewed with onions.

Origin of German duck

Named "German" as a favourite dish among German sugar-bakers in London's East End.

Questions about German duck

What does German duck mean?
German duck means a sheep's head stewed with onions.
What part of speech is German duck?
German duck is a noun.

Words near German duck in the dictionary

  1. German Confederation
  2. German Democratic Republic
  3. German Democratic Republican
  4. German Democratic Republicans
  5. German dualism
  6. German duck
  7. German East Africa
  8. German Empire
  9. German Flatts
  10. German flute
  11. German flutes

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