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Lame duck   /leɪm dək/   Listen
Lame duck

noun
1.
An elected official still in office but not slated to continue.





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"Lame duck" Quotes from Famous Books



... scrupled to feed a lame duck or set 'er foot on a scorpion at any time of 'er life," Pritchard ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling


Words linked to "Lame duck" :   elected official


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