ruptured duck
/ˌrʌptʃəd ˈdʌk/US slang (originally and chiefly Military )
noun
1A damaged aircraft.
- Several specific planes were nicknamed ‘the Ruptured Duck’, notably a B-25 that was used in the 1942 Doolittle raid on Tokyo..
2Also with capital initials. A nickname for the honourable discharge badge given to ex-service personnel during the Second World War (1939–45); the eagle depicted on such a badge.
Origin
1930s. From ruptured + duck.
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