duck egg

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duck egg - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Goose egg \Goose egg\
     1. In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named
        in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0.
        Called also duck egg. [Slang]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A bump on the skin caused by a blow, especially one on the
        head.
        [PJC]