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blue duck

British  

noun

  1. Also called: whio.  a mountain duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos , of New Zealand having a mostly lead-blue plumage

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Then a clear voice came in through the window, and turning towards it she saw that a young lad clad in blue duck was singing as he drove his binder through the grain.

From Hawtrey's Deputy by Cuneo, Cyrus

And the blue duck heard him likewise, And the blue duck next came forward.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

Then a clear voice came in through the window, and turning towards it Agatha discovered that a young lad clad in blue duck was singing as he drove his binder through the grain.

From Masters of the Wheat-Lands by Bindloss, Harold

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