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duckling
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., dookelynge , from duck (n.) + -ling . The ugly duckling is from Hans Christian Andersen's tale (1843 in Danish, by 1846 in English).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A duckling is a baby duck . "Duckling" or "ducklings" may also refer to: Duckling (software) , a collaborative software suite "Duckling", a 2011 episode of the TV series Louie Fairey Duckling 10' Sailing Dinghy made by Fairey Marine in 1950's/60's Loening ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A young duck.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Duckling \Duck"ling\, n. A young or little duck. --Gay.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE ugly ▪ It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one. ▪ An ugly duckling , like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs. ▪ But Beryl is an ugly duckling ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. flesh of a young domestic duck young duck
Usage examples of duckling.
I knew it was a good place because of the menu, part of which I could see steaming away on a centre table: roast duckling dripping with orange sauce.
She received the duckling from him and restored it to its brethren in the box.
He loved her when she was still the ugly duckling and that carried a lot of emotional weight.
Bree the ugly duckling from Damon Kerry, but the entire bottom shelf was filled with paperback romance novels.
Jetta had risen to a hunting crouch, and one little duckling was paddling close to the bank.
At the beginning of their acquaintance her interest in Markham had not been unlike that of the motherly hen in the doings of the newly hatched duckling with which she differed as to the practical utility of duckponds.
Ugly Duckling to write it on a card and hold it up to one of the cameras.
Ugly Duckling was moored, interviewing 221 the security guards there, but our best hope is the hotel.
Charles Geisler, who earlier spoke to us from the Ugly Duckling on his mobile phone.
Ugly Duckling and headed for the Pacific Vista when they learned that was where the fresh blood would be.
But on another monitor he could see the bomb on the Ugly Duckling, and could see also why Corby had placed it under his own surveillance.
A motor launch bearing a network camera crew pulled up to join the ring of police and coastguard vessels surrounding the Ugly Duckling, all engines idling.
The police boats began moving again, pulling right up alongside the Ugly Duckling and throwing ropes across to Baird and his crew members.
Local dispatch got about ten calls in the last few minutes, all witnesses timing the explosion at roughly the same moment the Ugly Duckling went up.
I mean, unless they were involved in planting the device on the Duckling, but why would he contract that one out and do the hotel one himself?