duckie
Americanadjective
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She would return to the show multiple times, including visits to demonstrate to pre-school viewers where her nose was and to smooch a rubber duckie.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2019
She recalled a vision from the last storm: a resident filming a large dumpster floating down a Boston street like a child’s rubber duckie.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2018
Though we could easily veer off course and discuss say, her Barack Obama rubber duckie, we are here today to examine Mark’s need to — if you can stand it — save the robots.
From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2011
Dashiell, though, seemed to remember the man who retrieved his duckie.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I miss you, dearest duckie, and write back soon, sooner, soonest!
From "Girl in the Blue Coat" by Monica Hesse
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The next time I get an invitation, I'm going as a Quaker maiden, in a gray dress and the duckiest little white cap.
From A Popular Schoolgirl by Salmon, Balliol
We can have the duckiest times, flying around!
From The Thunder Bird by Bower, B. M.
He had the duckiest, sweetest little mustache, and cheeks like cherries, so delicate and soft, one could have bitten right into them.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
Some of the letters begin with 'Dearest, duckiest, handsomest Herby'—short for Herbert; and others, 'Fondest, blondest, darlingest Micky-moo!'
From The Sorcery Club by O'Donnell, Elliott
"You have the duckiest shoulder blades," said Ruth.
From The Innocent Adventuress by Bradley, Mary Hastings
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