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sitting duck noun- an easy target UK, 1944
Originally military; figurative use of hunting imagery. - He was a sitting duck for planes[.] — Johnny Speight, It Stands to Reason, p. 60, 1973
- a stolen car discovered by police through serendipitous checking of number plates US
- “How often you pick up a sitting duck?” asked Serge, to change the subject, checking a license plate against the numbers on the hot sheet. — Joseph Wambaugh, The New Centurions, p. 41, 1970
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