pressed duck

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noun

a cooked duck sprinkled with red wine and then pressed in a device (duck press ) so that the juices can be collected and served as a sauce over the breast meat and legs.

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How to use pressed duck in a sentence

We indulge in expensive cold-pressed juices and SoulCycle classes, justifying these purchases as investments in our health.
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I am not the most financially literate person (I would be hard-pressed to articulate the term “junk bond”).
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The user fee on duck stamps goes exclusively to funding federal acquisition of wetlands as wildlife habitat.
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The Federal Duck Stamp Act raised the fee on stamps needed to hunt waterfowl on federal land from $15 to $25.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive|Ben Jacobs|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Because Duck Dynasty receives monster TV ratings and Robertson paid by a company (A&E) while making these public statements.
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It was no wonder that he felt quite at home in the duck-pond, which was made for web-footed folk.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
When Yima pressed the earth with this ring, the genius of the Earth, Aramaîti, responded to his wish and order.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
Louis pressed his father's hand to his lips; that hand which was hardly washed from the stain of Wharton's blood!
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If properly dried and pressed, it is possible to preserve the Fern fronds with a great deal of their natural colour.
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"God bless 'ee, Missy," cried the old man in the shrill cracked voice of age, as he pressed up to the carriage window.
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