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Canard
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(the Fr. for "duck"), a sensational or extravagant story, a hoax or false report, especially one circulated by newspapers. This use of the word in France dates from the 17th century, and is supposed by Littre to have originated in the old expression, "vendre un canard a moitie" (to half-sell a duck); as it is impossible to "half-sell a duck," the phrase came to signify to take in, or to cheat.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Canard'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/canard.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Canard'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/c/canard.html. 1910.
