n.
1.
a. An elected officeholder or group continuing in office during the period between failure to win an election and the inauguration of a successor.
b. An officeholder who has chosen not to run for reelection or is ineligible for reelection.
2. An ineffective person; a weakling.
lame
-duck (l
md
k) adj.
-duck (lmdk) adj.The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Lame ducks come back to Washington this week and they're not going to do much.The days and weeks ahead in Washington by Bernard, Roger
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