duckling

noun

duck·ling ˈdək-liŋ

ˈdə-kliŋ

: a young duck

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When that dream began, popular music was the ugly duckling of genres, with little culture. —

Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2024 These Club stocks — beaten down, disliked, without sponsorship — go from being ugly ducklings to beautiful must-own swans. —

Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024 This picture book, written and illustrated by Robert McCloskey, was first published in 1941 and was such a huge hit that a sculpture of its characters, a pair of mallards and their brood of ducklings, was later installed in the Public Garden. —

Kim Foley MacKinnon, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 By the time the ducklings were born, the story had gone national, an uplifting and real tale at a time when people really seemed to need it. —

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