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View synonyms for duck-egg

duck-egg

[ duhk-egg ]

noun

, Cricket.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of duck-egg1

First recorded in 1860–65

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Example Sentences

Salted duck egg is a little unusual, but offers a unique platform for tomatoes.

Tomato and Salted Duck Egg Saladby Amy Besa Classic Filipino dish.

The flowers are about the length of a large duck egg, and consist of the usual sepals and petals.

You take a fertilized duck egg and you bury it in the warm earth.

They represent the soul as being small, not very dissimilar in size and shape from the yolk of a large hen or duck egg.

He said "That fella along public house playing—he got 'em spear in his hand, and knock about things all a same like it duck egg."

And that, too, after he had seen what uses may be made of an old bridle or of a duck egg or of anything!

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