queer duck

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What may rankle the most is the way that this character—Eleanor’s closest analogue—is transformed from a queer duck into a dream girl.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 2, 2018

He added: "I think I would be a very queer duck if I did not do this sort of thing."

From Time Magazine Archive

But to those who know, and those who do not, he is a queer duck.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sturdy, well armed, and round-bottomed to wallow over the waves rather than cut through them, the Angry is a queer duck to be flying a U.S. ensign.

From Time Magazine Archive

"He's a queer duck," one of the party sprawling around the tents said as the two made their way down toward the shore.

From Pee-Wee Harris on the Trail by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese