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duck⋅y

1  [duhk-ee]
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–adjective, duck⋅i⋅er, duck⋅i⋅est. Informal.
1. fine; excellent; wonderful.
2. darling; charming; cute.
Origin:
1810–20; duck 1 + -y 1

duck⋅y

2  [duhk-ee]
–noun, plural duck⋅ies. British Slang.
(used as a term of endearment or familiarity) dear; sweetheart; darling; pet.
Origin:
1530–40; duck 1 + -y 2 (perh. alter. by folk etym. of MD docke doll
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duck·y   (dŭk'ē)   
adj.   duck·i·er, duck·i·est Slang
Excellent; fine.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
ducky

  1. mod.
    okay; good. (Often used sarcastically.) : Now, isn't that just ducky?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

ducky 
"excellent," slang from 1897; probably not related to much earlier slang noun meaning "a woman's breast" ["...whose pritty duckys I trust shortly to kysse," Henry VIII, letter to Anne Boleyn, c.1536].
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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