10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DUCK SHOVE»
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD This sniping and duck shoving between county
councils and the Electricity Commission should also cease (1982). Hence duck-
shove, verb intr. and trans.; duck-shover, noun. duck soup noun orig and mainly
US ...
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
Dealing. with. ducks. 1. Carry out research or interview an adult to find out the
meanings of these sayings. (a) Like water off a duck's back. (b) To be out for a
duck. (cricket) (c) Duck into the shop. (d) Duck shove. (e) See the quack. (f) Duck
out ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... turn one's back on; informal cop out of, get out of, wriggle out of, worm one's
way out of; Brit. informal skive, skive off, funk; N. Amer. informal cut; Austral./NZ
informal duck-shove; archaic decline, bilk. wANTONYMS take part in; face up to.
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Oxford Dictionary of English
DA) 7noun informal a man's hairstyle, associated especially with the 1950s, in
which the hair is slicked back on both sides and tapered at the nape. duck-shove
7verb [with obj.] Austral./NZ informal avoid or evade (a responsibility or issue).
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The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
... thus doubling the number it carries. duck shove Ineffective activity, usually
caused by avoidance of decision and passing on responsibility (especially in a
context of officialdom and bureaucracy). Ducks do shove each other but New
Zealand ...
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Colour Oxford Thesaurus
NZ informal duck-shove. slab noun piece, block, hunk, chunk, lump, cake, tablet,
brick, panel, plate, sheet. slack adjective 1 the rope went slack: limp, loose. 2
slack skin: sagging, flabby, flaccid, loose, saggy. 3 business is slack: sluggish,
slow, ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2011
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The Chambers Dictionary
n duck shove (Ausir and NZ; colloq) to jump a queue (orig of taxi-drivers); to
cheat; to steal: to avoid responsibilities. — duck'shover (Ausir and NZ, colloq);
duck's -meat duckweed: duck soup (US slang) something very easy, a cinch;
someone ...
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Developing Faithful Ministers: A Theological and Practical ...
However, to speak of 'my' ministry is as immature as speaking of 'my' church, or '
my' people. No payment, no gold, no silver, no copper, no bag, no second tunic,
no sandals, no staff, said Jesus (Matt. 10.9–10), and however we duck shove this
...
Tim Ling, Lesley Bentley, 2012
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Are All Banks Bastards?
So they 'duck-shove' the costs to someone else and those costs come off
someone else's 'bottom line'. I believe that the next decade will herald a new
generation of outsourcing i.e. offshore. Why? Because offshore markets, which
have an ...
Stephanie Retchless, 2013
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Off The Record - A Charity Anthology
Like a duck. Shove the empty wrapper into the cute clerk's soft hand. She rolls
her eyes all the way around and rings it up. I drive down the sad little Main Street
– insurance office, bank, hairdresser that's closed in the middle of the day. Only a
...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DUCK SHOVE»
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duck shove is used in the context of the following news items.
Smelly issue in the CBD
"They just duck shove the problem from one area to another according to who complains. "I know that's what they do, because the council ... «Gympie Times, May 15»
City of Melbourne to refund nearly 35000 parking fines wrongfully …
... said it was important council were open and transparent about their mistake. “You don't do a Daniel Andrews and duck shove,” he said. «The Age, Jul 14»
Maryborough SES desperately needs volunteers
But not unlike Campbell showing a genuine concern for funding allocation with regard to the safety issues of Lenthalls Dam - but a duck shove ... «Fraser Coast Chronicle, Sep 13»
Interview with Mary Crock
Because words like 'duck shove' and 'not in my backyard' spring to my mind every time I hear this story. We appear to be avoiding this issue ... «Special Broadcasting Service, Oct 09»
