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Definition of Duck soup
1. Noun. Any undertaking that is easy to do. "Marketing this product will be no picnic"
Specialized synonyms: Doddle
Generic synonyms: Labor, Project, Task, Undertaking
Derivative terms: Breeze, Cinch, Walk Over
Definition of Duck soup
1. Noun. (&lit duck soup) ¹
2. Noun. (slang idiomatic) Something which is easy; a piece of cake. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Duck Soup
Literary usage of Duck soup
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Steward's Handbook and Guide to Party Catering by Jessup Whitehead (1903)
"duck soup A LA HONGROISE Game soup containing purc*e of vegetables and ham, with
barley and the ducks in pieces. RABBIT SOUP A LA POLONAISE—Light color. ..."
2. Aloha Around the World by Karl Max Vogel (1922)
"... Tsai (Ham and cabbage soup) Yu Lang P'ien (duck soup) IX Pa Pao Fan (Steamed
sweet rice and fruit) Out of deference to our untutored palates Mr. Stevens ..."
3. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal by William Chambers, Robert Chambers (1846)
"... being certain under which class—soup, stew, or hash—they ought respectively
to be ranged. After the birds'-nest soup there were venison soup, duck soup, ..."
4. Foods of the Foreign-born in Relation to Health by Bertha M. Wood (1922)
"... rice Bread (rye) String bean salad Poppy seed pudding with wine sauce "Wine
Sunday Dinner duck soup Roast duck with cucumber salad French fried potatoes ..."
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