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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : kuh-nahrd; French ka-nar |
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnɑrd; French kaˈnar |
Definition of canard
Origin :- before 1850, from French canard "a hoax," literally "a duck" (from Old French quanart, probably echoic of a duck's quack); said by Littré to be from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié "to half-sell a duck," thus, from some long-forgotten joke, "to cheat."
- noun lie
- Unfortunately that is only a canard invented by my dearest enemies.
- Extract from : « The Green Carnation » by Robert Smythe Hichens
- Thus Canard grew, and finally a beautiful church was built there.
- Extract from : « The Land of Evangeline » by John Frederic Herbin
- This has, however, not been confirmed, and is considered (how justly we cannot say) a “canard.”
- Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
- "So you are introducing the canard to the political world," remarked Lousteau.
- Extract from : « A Distinguished Provincial at Paris » by Honore de Balzac
- The story of an armed band surrounding the bank had been a canard.
- Extract from : « The Price » by Francis Lynde
- His line of business at present seems to be the canard line.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 23, September 3, 1870 » by Various
- This canard was circulated by the creatures of the Oligarchy.
- Extract from : « The Iron Heel » by Jack London
- She called the dripping lump a canard, like the French children.
- Extract from : « The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne » by William J. Locke
- This type is sometimes used in Europe, and it led to the Farman "canard" with the box tail in front.
- Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule
- It was Balzac who said that the canard was a discovery of Franklin—the inventor of the lightning rod, the hoax, and the republic.
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) » by Wiliam Cabell Bruce
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