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duck-footed en · ADJ
Meanings
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(informal) Having splayfoot; habitually standing or walking with the ends of the feet angled outward.
I am tired of these duck-footed Leydeners, who daren't wink at a donkey lest he should bray.
1901, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 5, in Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch:Texas Southern's Jim Hines, 20, is not the least bit pigeon-toed—in fact, he's just a little duck-footed, and it may be a good thing.
1967 June 9, “Inefficient But Fast”, in Time:
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Antonyms
pigeon-toed