noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
ugly
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It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.
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An ugly duckling , like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.
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But Beryl is an ugly duckling rapidly turning into a beautiful swan ... all through the hard work of recovering mental patients.
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However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings.
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The loco is a bit of an ugly duckling .
■ VERB
kill
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Patrol officer Bob Edwards says heavy wash from cabin cruisers can kill young ducklings and harm other wildlife.
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For example: The farmer kills a duckling .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
ugly duckling
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An ugly duckling, like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.
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But Beryl is an ugly duckling rapidly turning into a beautiful swan ... all through the hard work of recovering mental patients.
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However, roses are not swans, and all too often ugly ducklings remain ugly ducklings.
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It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.
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The loco is a bit of an ugly duckling.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A duckling wants to swim; well there is such a thing as water.
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A long way south a plump caique thudded past towing a line of six little lamp-boats, like a mallard with ducklings.
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An ugly duckling , like a printing press, was transformed into a well-behaved goose laying golden eggs.
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Duck to the bar, ducklings panting to a seat.
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It's certainly the ugly duckling of the era-until you get to drive one.
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Patrol officer Bob Edwards says heavy wash from cabin cruisers can kill young ducklings and harm other wildlife.
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Sailed through college, picked up academic jargon like a duckling gobbles worms.
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The Ahrens' 40 ducklings also died within a fortnight.