duck’s guts
n.pl.— «Panic-stricken, I realised that I was (to use a good old Bajan expression) “in duck’s guts.”» —“Private Line—Language barrier” by Jeannette Layne-Clarke The Nation (Barbados) Nov. 25, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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