decoy-duck

noun

A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.

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Meanings

noundecoy-duck (plural decoy-ducks)

plural decoy-ducks

  1. A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyOne employed to lure others into danger.

    if you give any credit to this jugling rascal, you are worse than simple widgins, and will be drawn into the net by this decoy-duck, this tame cheater.

    1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act IV, scene ii

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
duck decoy
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