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Meanings of lame duck in English

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Usage of lame duck in English
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Before that lame duck in the fo'c'sle stuck his tobacco-cutter into my jaw.
The Captain of the Kansas
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It's why he's always given the lame duck category each year.
The Guardian
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The issue of Putin as a lame duck disappears, said Stanovaya.
Reuters
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Particularly Daniels, a lame duck, wobbling toward the climax of his political career.
The charlemagne pursuit
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A lame duck, too-buthe 'most got me under the bar.
The Jungle
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As a lame duck president, my record is all I have.
The abduction
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That it would make him a lame duck from day one.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
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Others believe he is keeping his options open to avoid becoming a lame duck.
Reuters
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She is a lame duck, you know, but she can get about all right.
The Queen's Cup
10
With Falcón off, Atlético had no choice but to send on a lame duck.
The Guardian
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I'll have no lame duck's daughter in my family.
Vanity Fair
12
She will be a lame duck president beginning today.
Reuters
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But Obama is a lame duck now, and at the Correspondents' Dinner he let loose.
NY Magazine
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Legislation to streamline federal regulations for new drugs could come up during the lame duck session.
Reuters
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Analysts said Ahmadinejad is likely to survive his term - but as a lame duck president.
Reuters
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The election was thrown to the lame duck House then dominated by the opposition Federalist party.
The Guardian
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