Lord love a duck

Posted by James Briggs December 27, 2003In reply to Lord love a duck posted by Di on December 27, 2003

Lord love a duck. Anyone know where this quote originated?

Origin? I don't know, but it was very common in the London East End of my boyhood in the 1930s. A dictionary of rhyming slang may give a clue.

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Lord love a duck Is there andy particular dictionary of rhyming slang that I should use. I am new at this but have a lot of old phrases used in my life. 28/December/03
- Lord love a duck James Briggs 28/December/03