decoy-duckとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

decoy-duck (複数形 decoy-ducks)

1. A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy.
2. (by extension, figurative) One employed to lure others into danger.
   • 1626 February 1 (licensing date)​, John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, OCLC 3083972, Act IV, scene ii:

     if you give any credit to this jugling rascal, you are worse than simple widgins, and will be drawn into the net by this decoy-duck, this tame cheater.

アナグラム

• duck decoy