duck egg

collocation in English

meaningsofduckandegg

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duck
noun
uk
/dʌk/us
/dʌk/
a bird that lives by water and has webbed feet (= feet with skin between the toes), a short neck, and a ...
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egg
noun
uk
/eɡ/us
/eɡ/
the oval object with a hard shell that is produced by female birds, especially chickens, eaten ...
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(Definition ofduckandeggfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He has an open wound the size of aduckeggin the upper part of his thigh.
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I might add that theduckeggsubsidy is a very small one, amounting only to about £300 last year.
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Chicken orduckeggcan be chosen for the tea.
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It is also popularly eaten with "ht vt ln" (fertilizedduckegg).
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Green clay has a color similar toduckeggshell, and shows off-white after firing.
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The livery comprised brown upper panels with a colour described variously as biscuit, fawn or sometimesduckeggalong the lower panels and separated by a broad orange band.
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Duck eggs are not shown separately in the trade returns and this information, therefore, is not available.
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If it is to be determined for hen eggs, why not for duck eggs as well?
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No deaths attributed to the eating of duck eggs have been reported to me during 1952.
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However, the risk of salmonella is rather higher from duck eggs than it is from other eggs.
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I must make the point at once that this scheme deals only with duck eggs.
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There is some slight risk of infection which makes it desirable to cook duck eggs thoroughly.
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In duck eggs it has been an established fact for a long time.
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The guarantee arrangements for duck eggs will be on similar lines, though not necessarily precisely the same, as for hen eggs.
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I should like to make one comment about authorised persons, the people who are to be allowed to sell wild duck eggs.
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The price is in fact the same as for small hen eggs; for the very good reason that duck eggs are not so much in demand as hen eggs.
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There are no similar statutory provisions in respect of duck eggs, and producers sell to packing stations only when direct sales to retailers or wholesalers are less advantageous.
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There is no doubt that there is a sales resistance to duck eggs on the part of the public due to the infinitesimal fear of salmonella poisoning.
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Reference has been made to duck eggs, uncooked salads, shell fish and the like, but it is worth considering that recently cooked and well-cooked food is generally without danger.
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