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Origin of the 'duck' 1 Year, 10 Months ago Karma: 1  
This is short for 'out for a duck's egg', the duck's egg being the large nought (0) recorded on the scoreboard.
The expression is recorded from the 1860s.

I do believe aRCe knew what he was talking about.......
 
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Re:Origin of the 'duck' 1 Year, 10 Months ago Karma: 2  
I am confused - who ever invented it must have been having a game of 0's and X's then
 
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