Sentence examples for ruptured duck from inspiring English sources
The Ruptured Duck crashed at night in the East China Sea, a quarter-mile from a beach where its pilots had tried to land.
The seventh plane to depart from the Hornet was the Ruptured Duck, flown by First Lt. Ted W. Lawson and his co-pilot, Second Lieutenant Davenport.
Mr. Shea of the Ruptured Duck says that most collectors with whom he deals are men in their 40s and 50s.
Bill Shea, owner of the Ruptured Duck, based in Hubbardston, Mass., says he has seen memorabilia prices rise 5 to 10percentt annually, on average, over the last several decades.
(The store's name comes from the saying, "They took off like a ruptured duck," a reference to servicemen and servicewomen who were returning home and wore a cloth insignia of an eagle inside a wreath. The soldiers, however, thought the eagle more closely resembled a duck).
Correction: February 24 , 2000 Thursday An obituary on Monday about Col. Dean Davenport, co-pilot of the Ruptured Duck, a plane that flew in the Doolittle raid on Japan in 1942, misstated the reason the B-25 bombers were directed to land in China rather than return to the aircraft carrier Hornet.
Play Minnesota Duck, Duck, Grey Duck.
It appears to be a ruptured disk, she announces.
It has graphic ruptured metal.
Water poured from ruptured pipes.
