Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A place for breeding ducks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A plantation for
ducks .
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Examples
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One final reason to doubt the lame-duck scenario is psychological: Surely Democrats will be stunned and demoralized if the results are bad enough to make lame-duckery relevant.
It's Duck Season! 2010
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Who in this magical season of lame duckery will step up and earmark funds for an Earmark Museum?
Peter Smith: Let's End the Earmark Era by Earmarking Funds for the National Earmark Museum Peter Smith 2010
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Who in this magical season of lame duckery will step up and earmark funds for an Earmark Museum?
Peter Smith: Let's End the Earmark Era by Earmarking Funds for the National Earmark Museum Peter Smith 2010
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Consider this little gem from the final week of lame-duckery:
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But lame-duckery could thwart that effort if Moscow thinks it could get a better deal from Clinton.
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The waters were alive with duck in every direction; it reminded me forcibly of the Lake Menzaleh, near Damietta, the only place where I had ever before seen such a duckery.
Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada Henry A. Murray
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Despite the evidence of duckery, Lower Merion would prefer you believe-and blame-something else.
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Despite the evidence of duckery, Lower Merion would prefer you believe-and blame-something else.
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This week in lame-duckery, the Senate to the Hill yesterday and the House is back tomorrow.
Blog of Rights: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union 2009
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"would serve as a launching pad off what has been a challenging week for us." credit crunch would help in another important way - it would also send back into the near-reclusive state of lame duckery he found himself in before
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