mud duck
n.— «Kohn said the state’s own witnesses agree Vang was called a “tree rat” and a “mud duck,” which Kohn said was a derogatory term for a person of color.» —“Case against hunter opens” by Ed Culhane in Hayward Post-Crescent (Appleton-Fox Cities, Wisc.) Sept. 11, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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