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CANARD (the Fr. for " duck ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 172 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CANARD (the Fr. for "
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duck ")  , a sensational or extravagant
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story, a hoax or false
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report, especially one circulated by
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news-papers . This use of the word in
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France
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dates from the 17th
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century, and is supposed by
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Littre to have originated in the old expression, " vendre un
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canard d moitie " (to
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half-sell a
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duck) ; as it is impossible to " half-sell a duck," the phrase came to signify to take in, or to cheat .

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