Field-lane duck

noun

A baked sheep's head.

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Meanings

nounField-lane duck (plural Field-lane ducks)

plural Field-lane ducks

  1. UKobsoleteslangA baked sheep's head.

Origin

Field Lane was a low London thoroughfare leading from the foot of Holborn Hill to the purlieus of Clerkenwell.

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APA

Field-lane duck. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Field-lane%20duck

MLA

“Field-lane duck.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Field-lane%20duck. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Field-lane duck,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Field-lane%20duck.

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