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lame duck definition

lame duck

  1. a disabled, ineffectual, or helpless person or thing
  2. ☆ an elected official whose term extends beyond the time of the election at which he or she was not reelected

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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