"field-lane duck" Definition

  1. a baked sheep’s head. Field Lane was a low London thoroughfare leading from the foot of Holborn Hill to the purlieus of Clerkenwell. It was formerly the market for stolen pocket-handkerchiefs. Holborn Viaduct improved all but a small portion of Field Lane off the face of the earth. There is but the smallest vestige of this famous (or infamous) thoroughfare left. The neighbourhood has received an upheaval within the past few years, and from one end the pedestrian must descend to the remains of Field Lane by means of a flight of steps.

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Position in the dictionary: 1222 of 4022 slang words.
Next words in the dictionary: fieri-facias., fig, fig-leaf, figaro, figure, filch, file, filibuster, fillibrush, fimble-famble
Previous words in the dictionary: field, fiddling, fiddles, fiddlers’ green, fiddler, fiddle-sticks!, fiddle-faddle, fiddle-face, fiddle, fid-fad

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