Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Russian term or phrase:
Подсадная утка
English translation:
stool pigeon, stoolie, nark, whistle-blower
Added to glossary by
Alex Lilo
Sep 6, 2003 23:13
20 yrs ago
Russian term
Подсадная утка
Russian to English
Art/Literary
hunting
help me remember the expression with the word "goose" used just like in the Russian above. I know there is one but can't remember it.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +9 | decoy |
JoeYeckley (X)
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Proposed translations
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decoy
literal meaning from hunting
stool pigeon, stoolie, nark, whistle-blower as slang.
stool pigeon, stoolie, nark, whistle-blower as slang.
Peer comment(s):
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Irene Chernenko
: Yep, and it's a duck, rather than a goose!
22 mins
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nrabate
54 mins
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Jack Doughty
: with Irene
1 hr
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Vladimir Dubisskiy
: stoolie if not hunting..
1 hr
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Kirill Semenov
6 hrs
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huntr
9 hrs
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Maka Berozashvili
: duck decoy
18 hrs
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| agree |
Evgeny Filimonov (X)
21 hrs
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Natalia Olshanskaya Robinson
1 day 6 hrs
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