sitting duck
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nounDefinition of SITTING DUCK
: an easy or defenseless target
See Examples of SITTING DUCK
- The tourists were sitting ducks for local thieves.
- <those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians>
First Known Use of SITTING DUCK
1942
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