duck-squeezer

English

Noun

duck-squeezer (plural duck-squeezers)

  1. (historical) A device with a spout for compressing duck meat and producing a juice or gravy.
    • Edward Spencer, Cakes & Ale
      Of course these two last-named dishes are only intended for bachelor-parties. Lovely woman must not be kept waiting for "duck-squeezers" or anything else.
  2. (Canada, US, slang, derogatory) Synonym of ecofreak.
    • 2008, John Mogan, Sacha, Max, and the Animals, page 128:
      Then even the most passionate tree-huggers and duck-squeezers admitted that she was right. City life was becoming unsafe with the roving packs.

References

  • (ecofreak): Tony Thorne (2014) “duck-squeezer”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London,  […]: Bloomsbury
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