|
|
Definition of Dead duck
1. Noun. Something doomed to failure. "As theories go, that's a dead duck"
Definition of Dead duck
1. Noun. (idiomatic) One who is in serious danger or trouble. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A project that is doomed to failure from the start. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dead Duck
Literary usage of Dead duck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulls and Bears of New York: With the Crisis of 1873, and the Cause by Matthew Hale Smith (1874)
""dead duck." When a speculator cannot meet his contracts he goes under, /ind is
expelled the Board. A "Lame Duck " is one who has lost heavily by his ..."
2. The Investor's Catechism by Marcus Mathias Reynolds (1909)
"What is a DUCK; dead duck; LAME DUCK ? They are London Stock Exchange phrases
seldom heard in Wall Street. A "duck" is a broker. The "lame duck" is a broker ..."
3. The American Boys Handy Book by Daniel Carter Beard (1890)
"... bird will not discover the cheat until it is too late to retreat, provided
the reader is a good shot. Fig. 311 shows the dead duck set up as a decoy. ..."
4. The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for by Edmund Burke (1830)
"... that an indictment for stealing a duck was not supported by proving that the
prisoner had stolen a dead duck ; that is, that a dead duck was not a duck. ..."
5. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1830)
"(1820. ported by proving that the prisoner had stolen a dead duck; that is, that
a dead duck was not a duck. —Mr. Clinton,for the prosecution, ..."
Other Resources:
