Synonyms for sitting duck


Grammar : Noun

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Définition of sitting duck

  • noun easy target
Example sentences :
  • If any of the Company ships sight us, we'll be a sitting duck.
  • Extract from : « The Hell Ship » by Raymond Alfred Palmer
  • There is a very dangerous time when the driver is a sitting duck.
  • Extract from : « The Fourth R » by George Oliver Smith
  • There were three eggs in the inaccessible cliff-nest, and he brought me one, which I tried in vain to hatch under a sitting duck.
  • Extract from : « Station Amusements » by Lady Barker
  • Six great green eggs, stolen from a sitting duck which had belonged to the ill-fated Pierce, were the staple food.
  • Extract from : « The Serf » by Guy Thorne
  • A weaving target has a chance, but a target standing motionless is a sitting duck and his life hangs by a hair.
  • Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long

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