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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 66.26.58.221 (talk) at 13:13, 22 April 2004 (Current Wiktionary thinking is that ''duct tape'' probably came first, with ''duck tape'' being a re-analysis.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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See the discussion on duct tape in Wiktionary. Neither duck tape nor duct tape seems to be attested before the 70s, and it appears most likely that duct tape came first. In particular, there don't seem to be any verifiable uses of "duck tape" from WWII, contrary to the widely-circulated story. If anyone has firm evidence to the contrary, please post it and let us know. -dmh (full profile on Wiktionary).

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