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dead duck

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dead duck
n. Slang
One doomed to failure or to death.

dead duck
Noun
Slang something that is doomed to failure
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Noun1.dead duck - something doomed to failure; "he finally admitted that the legislation was a dead duck"; "the idea of another TV channel is now a dead duck"; "as theories go, that's a dead duck"
failure - lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure"

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We wasted half an hour fussing over that dead duck down under, and now I'm expected to go rubbin' my back all round the Pole.
 
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