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canard

[ kuh-nahrd; French ka-nar ]

noun

plural canards
  1. a false or baseless, usually derogatory story, report, or rumor.
  2. Cooking. a duck intended or used for food.
  3. Aeronautics.
    1. an airplane that has its horizontal stabilizer and elevators located forward of the wing.
    2. Also called canard wing. one of two small lifting wings located in front of the main wings.
    3. an early airplane having a pusher engine with the rudder and elevator assembly in front of the wings.


canard

/ k忙藞n蓱藧d; kanar /

noun

  1. a false report; rumour or hoax
  2. an aircraft in which the tailplane is mounted in front of the wing
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canard1

First recorded in 1840鈥45; from French: literally, 鈥渄uck,鈥 from Old French quanart 鈥渄rake,鈥 originally 鈥渃ackler,鈥 equivalent to can(er) 鈥渢o cackle鈥 (of expressive origin) + -art -art, as in mallart 鈥渄谤补办别鈥; mallard
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of canard1

C19: from French: a duck, hoax, from Old French caner to quack, of imitative origin
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He said 鈥渢his epidemic denial has become a feature in the mainstream media and it鈥檚 based on an industry canard鈥 perpetrated by 鈥減eople who don鈥檛 want us to look at environmental exposures.鈥

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There鈥檚 no consensus that these are actually boys," he said. "This whole thing about trans girls is a canard.

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Vance started off the interview with a favorite canard of the Donald Trump campaign in recent weeks: that the federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton was delayed because affected areas reliably vote for Republicans.

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Anslinger was one of the greatest con men of that century, and racist canards were his stock in trade.

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Burr鈥檚 appearance may boost those rankings, but the cancel culture canard is better at roping in views than a Times Square ticket hawker.

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