Oldsquaw

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The long-tailed duck, a medium-sized seaduck: Clangula hyemalis. dated, offensive

Synonyms

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long-tailed duckquandy

Etymology

First attested in the 19th century, from old + squaw, from the idea that the birds' squawking resembled old Native American women's.

Related phrases

clangula hyemalislong tailed duck

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