ADJ.
beautiful, graceful, left, little, poor, real, small, thankful
VERB + DUCKLING
sighed
DUCKLING + NOUN
cottage
PREP.
about, during, into
noun
A young duck.
A young duck.
Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch those birds for herself in due time, and remain cluck-clucking, wisely, but sadly, like a perplexed old hen, when her ducklings and drakelings have unexpectedly taken the water.
Referring to Table 1 it will be seen that if a breeding duck produces 40 marketable progeny each year (and in practice this should be achieved) half of which are ducklings and the other half drakelings, and these birds realise 2s. per lb. live weight, then that breeding duck would return approximately £15 10s. over feeding costs for the 12 months.
A young person who is ugly, but who is expected to become beautiful or handsome as they mature.
The ugly duckling has become a very fine swan, and Rachel Sprigg and her team have worked hard to ensure that Derby is a worthy winner of that coveted National Rail Award. They can
Synonym of lucky duck.
Good night, darling; take that kiss to your respected mother, and tell her with my compliments that we can’t afford to make ducks and drakes of the romance of our little pet’s life: she will hatch tho
WiktionaryReferring to Table 1 it will be seen that if a breeding duck produces 40 marketable progeny each year (and in practice this should be achieved) half of which are ducklings and the other half drakeling
WiktionaryMuscovy ducks with ducklings. This is the most popular breed for table purposes. They make weights of up to 5 lb. for ducklings at 13 to 14 weeks, and up to 9 lb. for drakelings at 16 weeks when corre
WiktionaryAn ugly duckling became a graceful swan.
Tatoeba · #266458The duckling would be very happy by now, if only the goose would put up with him.
Tatoeba · #2860265The poor duckling did not know where to go, and was quite miserable because he was so ugly and laughed at by the whole farmyard.
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