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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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