duck sauce

noun

: a thick sauce in Chinese cuisine that contains fruits (such as plums or apricots), vinegar, sweeteners, and seasonings

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The Big Cheese Hawaiian specialty pizza: sweet duck sauce, topped with mozzarella, pineapple, canadian bacon, and coconut shavings. — Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 6 Mar. 2025 Glenn Hirsch was accused of murdering Yan in a months-long feud with Great Wall Restaurant in Forest Hills over whether enough duck sauce was included with his delivery orders. — Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024

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1978, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of duck sauce was in 1978

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duck sauce

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: a thick sweet sauce made mostly of fruits (as plums or apricots), sweeteners, and vinegar and used especially with Chinese food
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