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- noun Plural form of
canvasback .
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Examples
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Sometimes he pulls both triggers at the same time just to cream goldeneyes and canvasbacks, but I don't think I could handle it.
One Trigger, Or Two? 2009
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Tar's granddad would dive after canvasbacks and get them.
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Poulos had photographed the canvasbacks at the Kellogg Bird Sanctuary, then spent hours completing the painting.
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Sometimes he pulls both triggers at the same time just to cream goldeneyes and canvasbacks, but I don't think I could handle it.
One Trigger, Or Two? 2009
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Lorna Poulos is a 56-year-old, self-taught painter, who won with her work of a pair of canvasbacks.
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Kind of a free-association-style blog post today ranging from canvasbacks to cannibalism, but to circle back to the top, congrats to Lorna Poulos for a duck well painted.
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Sprig and canvasbacks are THE best … roasted, with grain-fed mallards a close third.
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Sprig and canvasbacks are THE best … roasted, with grain-fed mallards a close third.
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Actually, the most consistent ducks we get here in Southern Minnesota are the canvasbacks that nest just a few miles North of my favorite hunting grounds.
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Sprig and canvasbacks are THE best … roasted, with grain-fed mallards a close third.
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