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Ducky   Listen
noun
ducky  n.  A special loved one; a darling; used as a term of endearment. (Brit.)
Synonyms: darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary.


adjective
ducky  adj.  
1.
Fine; satisfactory; excellent. (informal)
2.
Charming; cute. (informal)





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"Ducky" Quotes from Famous Books



... gentlemen," said Estelle. "Nurse wouldn't approve, and ladies would be pleasanter. Perhaps there might be a young mother and some ducky little children. How would you ...
— The Spanish Chest • Edna A. Brown
... "Good-bye, ducky," said Nurse. "Be a good little King now, and say 'please' and 'thank you,' and remember to pass the cake to the little girls, and don't have more than two helps ...
— The Book of Dragons • Edith Nesbit
... the 'eavy swell, don't you, ducky?" said Huish. "Stand away from that binnacle. Surely your ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) - The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston • Robert Louis Stevenson
... in going down an alley To a castle in a valley, They completely lost their way, And wandered all the day, Till, to see them safely back, They paid a Ducky-Quack, And a Beetle and a Mouse, Who took them ...
— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear
... his youngness with time," said Martha; "and as for smallness, I don't think you'd fancy carrying of him any more, however big he was. Besides he can walk a bit, bless his precious fat legs, a ducky! He feels the benefit of the new-laid air, so he ...
— Five Children and It • E. Nesbit


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