单词 | a duck of a |
释义 | > as lemmasa duck of a b. Often a duck of a…; and applied to things as well as persons. ΚΠ 1819 M. Wilmot Let. 26 Nov. (1935) 31 I shall presently throw my letter into the long drawer at the top of my duck of a secretaire. 1841 Punch 18 Sept. 112/1 If our remarks were made with an affectionate eye to the young ladies of the satin-album-loving school, we should assuredly style this ‘a duck of a picture’. ?1884 Rede's Sixteen String Jack (new ed.) i. ii Oh, isn't he a duck of a fellow? 1891 J. S. Farmer Slang (at cited word) A duck of a bonnet. < as lemmas |
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