duck
noun [C] (PERSON) /dʌk/ (also ducks) UK old-fashioned informalDefinition
› a friendly way of talking to someone you like: [as form of address] Come and sit beside me, duck.Friendly and unfriendly terms of address
(Definition of duck noun (PERSON) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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