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10 LIBROS DEL INGLÉS RELACIONADOS CON «DUCK SHOVER»
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
(Miss M. Manoukian; Mrs C. Raab.) duck-pot is a late C.19—20 (ob. by 1940) var.
of duck, n., 3. A. Neil Lyons, Clara, 1912. duck-shovelling. 'Passing the buck':
RAF: since ca. 1960. (Sgt R. Farley, 1967.) Prob. a var. of sense 2 of:duck-shover,
...
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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
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
Eric Partridge. duck of diamonds . A superlative of the admiring DUCK, 3: coll;
from ca 1850; ob. duck-pond . A canvas bathing-place for cadets: naval (–1909);
ob. duck-pot is a late C.19–20 variant of DUCK, n., 3. duck-shover, -shoving .
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The Chambers Dictionary
duck'shover (Ausir and NZ, colloq); duck's -meat duckweed: duck soup (US slang
) something very easy, a cinch; someone easy to handle, a pushover: duck'-tail a
white Teddy boy of S Africa; duck weed any plant of the family Lemnaceae.
Not only a poser, but a duck shover as well, Tani thought. Still, any reports
Siobhan was likely to want to print out would have to be pretty important. Who
knew what snippets of information she might discover? Adrian had paused to talk
to her ...
6
Australian words and their origins
Morris Austral Eng. 128 A cabman who did not wait his turn on the station rank,
but touted for passengers up and down the street in the neighbourhood of the
rank, was termed a Duck-shover. 1948 O-Pip: V Battery Austral. Field Artillery
Aug.
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Sea of Fire: Op-Center 10
"He's a duck-shover," she said, "but if that turns out to be the case, just E-mail me
the speech. I'll read it for you." Coffey thanked her and indicated for Petty Officer
Lady to lead him to the plane. "Duck-shover?" he said, turning back to Penny.
Tom Clancy, Steve Pieczenik, Jeff Rovin, 2003
I do not know anything about duck-shooting, but I know the honourable
gentleman is a champion " duck-shover." Perhaps he is a better judge of
Muscovy duck than of logic. Those aerodromes were all built by modern methods
; and the ...
Australia. Parliament, New Zealand. Parliament. House of Representatives, 1941
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Dictionaire Neo-Zelandais - Francais: New Zealand - French ...
ducks on the pond (fam) évitertoute responsabilité; laisser, refiler la
responsabilité d'une chose à qqn d'autre, se débiner duck shover n dér duck
shoving n verb le fait de se débiner. ducks on the pond loc nom voir aussi
sixtynme (tonte des ...
Ewen Jones, Myreille Pawliez, 1998
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The Ambassador's Women
In the fall of 1930, two young mothers-to-be meet by chance on a London bridge, and for both--the one a wealthy American, the other a titled Englishwoman--it is the beginning of a lifelong friendship
