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Nearby words
duck out, duck press, duck shove, duck soup, duck's arse, duck's ass, duck-billed dinosaur, duck-billed platypus, duck-egg, duck-egg blue, duck-legged
Origin of duck's ass
First recorded in 1965–70
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