Definition of Lame duck

1. Noun. An elected official still in office but not slated to continue.

Generic synonyms: Elected Official

Definition of Lame duck

1. Noun. (colloquial) A person or thing that is helpless, inefficient or disabled. ¹

2. Noun. (US politics) An elected official who has lost the recent election or is not eligible for reelection and is marking time until leaving office. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lame Duck

lambswool
lambswools
lamburger
lamburgers
lamby
lamda
lamdas
lamdoid
lamdoidal
lame
lame-brain
lame-duck
lame-ducks
lame-o
lame brain
lame duck
lame ducks
lame joke
lame jokes
lamebrain
lamebrained
lamebrains
lamed
lamedh
lamedhs
lameds
lamel
lamella
lamella of bone
lamellae

Literary usage of Lame duck

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Modern Dancing by Vernon Castle, Irene Castle (1914)
"IV THE HESITATION WALTZ THE WALTZ WALK THE lame duck S to the origin of the Waltz there are varied opinions. Professor Desrat claims that it came from ..."

2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1860)
"See lame duck and Bear. There was a same qai peut movement to-day in the stock market, and the clique of 6«ffi>-, finding it impossible to stem the rush, ..."

3. The English Spy: An Original Work, Characteristic, Satirical, and Humorous by Charles Molloy Westmacott (1826)
"Transfer Men—How to work the Telegraph— Create a Rise—Put on the Pot—Banff down the Market—And waddle out a lame duck. A BEQUEST of five hundred pounds by ..."

4. The Investor's Catechism by Marcus Mathias Reynolds (1909)
"What is a DUCK; DEAD DUCK; lame duck ? They are London Stock Exchange phrases seldom ... The "lame duck" is a broker who fails to meet his engagements, ..."

5. The Hindoos as They are: A Description of the Manners, Customs, and Inner by Ṣivachandra Vasu (1883)
"... and was so much pleased with the taste -of animal food that he could not resist the temptation to steal one day a lame duck belonging to the king, ..."

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