blue duckn.

Brit.

/bluː ˈdʌk/, U.S.

/ˌblu ˈdək/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., duck n.¹

Etymology: < blue adj. + duck n.¹ In sense 3 perhaps after dead duck n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.

†1. The liver bird (see liver n.³), in quots. identified with the northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1810 J. Corry Hist. Liverpool ii. 18 The lever, if such a bird really exists in nature, appears to be no other than the blue duck, which sometimes frequents our coast,..known at present by the name of the Blue Shoveller (the Anas Clypeata of Linnæus).

1870 Athenæum 10 Sept. 327/1 In nature, which is quite a different thing from heraldry, the Lever would seem to be the Blue Duck, once common in Lancashire.

2. A rare duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, of swiftly flowing mountain streams in New Zealand, which has blue-grey plumage.

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1847 T. Brunner Jrnl. 2 Apr. in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 272 Shot a wihu, or blue duck.

1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. ii. 319 The Blue Duck's peculiar shrill and sibilant note, which is sometimes distinctly heard over the noise of the loudest cataract.

1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 499/2 The most peculiar is undoubtedly the blue duck, mountain duck, or whio.

2009 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 3/5 Keepers at a bird sanctuary in West Sussex had hoped that the last remaining female Blue Duck in the country—called Cherry—might mate with either of the drakes, Ben or Jerry.

3. Australian and New Zealand slang. A lost cause, a failure. Cf. earlier dead duck n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure

fizzle1846

fiasco1855

frost1874

blue duck1889

wash-out1902

blowout1925

turkey1927

flopperoo1936

stiff1937

muck-up1942

bomb1954

fizzer1957

lead balloon1960

damp squib1963

bummer1967

downer1976

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing

cumber-worldc1374

cumber-house1541

deaf nut1613

cumber-ground1657

dead duck1844

no good1871

dead wood1877

dead wood1887

blue duck1889

dud1897

cluck1904

non-starter1911

dead loss1927

dreep1927

write-off1935

no-gooder1936

nogoodnik1936

blivet1967

roadkill1990

1889 Queensland Figaro & Punch 4 May 658/3 The Printers' Strike is a ‘blue duck’... It is practically at an end, as it has ceased to greatly inconvenience the Master Printers.

1916 Truth (Sydney) 16 Jan. 1/7 Hopes of Lord Mayoralty are a blue duck.

1960 J. T. Scrymgeour Memories Maoriland 173 The result looked like a ‘blue duck’.

1978 R. McKie Bitter Bread 142 He had rung round the usual contacts. But this Saturday had..an unmistakable feeling of being a blue duck for news.

2012 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 23 June 7 I'll keep an eye on it, but at the end of the day it's going to be a blue duck, isn't it? Nothing's going to happen.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	blue duck
释义	blue duckn. Brit. /bluː ˈdʌk/, U.S. /ˌblu ˈdək/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: blue adj., duck n.¹ Etymology: < blue adj. + duck n.¹ In sense 3 perhaps after dead duck n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. †1. The liver bird (see liver n.³), in quots. identified with the northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1810 J. Corry Hist. Liverpool ii. 18 The lever, if such a bird really exists in nature, appears to be no other than the blue duck, which sometimes frequents our coast,..known at present by the name of the Blue Shoveller (the Anas Clypeata of Linnæus). 1870 Athenæum 10 Sept. 327/1 In nature, which is quite a different thing from heraldry, the Lever would seem to be the Blue Duck, once common in Lancashire. 2. A rare duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos, of swiftly flowing mountain streams in New Zealand, which has blue-grey plumage. ΚΠ 1847 T. Brunner Jrnl. 2 Apr. in N. M. Taylor Early Travellers N.Z. (1959) 272 Shot a wihu, or blue duck. 1904 F. W. Hutton & J. Drummond Animals N.Z. ii. 319 The Blue Duck's peculiar shrill and sibilant note, which is sometimes distinctly heard over the noise of the loudest cataract. 1966 Encycl. N.Z. I. 499/2 The most peculiar is undoubtedly the blue duck, mountain duck, or whio. 2009 Daily Tel. 10 Mar. 3/5 Keepers at a bird sanctuary in West Sussex had hoped that the last remaining female Blue Duck in the country—called Cherry—might mate with either of the drakes, Ben or Jerry. 3. Australian and New Zealand slang. A lost cause, a failure. Cf. earlier dead duck n. at dead adj., n., and adv. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure fizzle1846 fiasco1855 frost1874 blue duck1889 wash-out1902 blowout1925 turkey1927 flopperoo1936 stiff1937 muck-up1942 bomb1954 fizzer1957 lead balloon1960 damp squib1963 bummer1967 downer1976 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > [noun] > that which is useless > useless person or thing cumber-worldc1374 cumber-house1541 deaf nut1613 cumber-ground1657 dead duck1844 no good1871 dead wood1877 dead wood1887 blue duck1889 dud1897 cluck1904 non-starter1911 dead loss1927 dreep1927 write-off1935 no-gooder1936 nogoodnik1936 blivet1967 roadkill1990 1889 Queensland Figaro & Punch 4 May 658/3 The Printers' Strike is a ‘blue duck’... It is practically at an end, as it has ceased to greatly inconvenience the Master Printers. 1916 Truth (Sydney) 16 Jan. 1/7 Hopes of Lord Mayoralty are a blue duck. 1960 J. T. Scrymgeour Memories Maoriland 173 The result looked like a ‘blue duck’. 1978 R. McKie Bitter Bread 142 He had rung round the usual contacts. But this Saturday had..an unmistakable feeling of being a blue duck for news. 2012 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 23 June 7 I'll keep an eye on it, but at the end of the day it's going to be a blue duck, isn't it? Nothing's going to happen. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2013; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1810
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