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 Decoration Day.Decrep’it. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Decoy Duck.
 
A bait or lure; a duck taught to allure others into a net, and employed for this purpose.   1
 


 Decoration Day.Decrep’it. 

 
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