blue duck
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And yet, here comes DeChambeau, a blue duck in a sea of vanilla.
From Golf Digest ● Aug. 26, 2018
Sean, Josie, Peggy, come in for yeer tea, come in at wanst for the fresh bread and butter and the gorgeous blue duck egg what no one else in the lane have.
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
I have seen very good blue duck shooting on the Waimakiriri river, but 50 per cent. of the birds were lost for want of a retriever bold enough to face that formidable river.
From Station Amusements in New Zealand by Lady (Mary Anne) Barker
After they had talked for a while, a man, dressed in blue duck trousers, a saffron-colored shirt, and an old slouch hat, which he did not remove, walked in, carrying a riding quirt.
From Ranching for Sylvia by Harold Bindloss
He wore an old blue shirt, open at the throat and belted into trousers of blue duck, and she noticed the fine symmetry of his spare figure.
From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Harold Bindloss
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