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Two patent drawings of a rubber decoy duck: the upper figure shows the duck floating on water tethered by a cord to a small anchor bag resting among reeds, labeled with points A, B, C, and D; the lower figure is a cutaway side view of the same duck showing the internal body cavity A, underside pouch B, and anchor pocket D with cord and lugs.

Decoy-Duck.James Appleton · December 28, 1880

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