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Ducks and drakes   /dəks ənd dreɪks/   Listen
Ducks and drakes

noun
1.
A game in which a flat stone is bounced along the surface of calm water.





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"Ducks and drakes" Quotes from Famous Books



... ought to be much obliged to Guy. This morning, he suddenly exclaimed, "I say, Charlie, I wish you would take care Amy's fortune is not settled on her so that it can't be got rid of." I asked how he meant to make ducks and drakes of it; and he explained, that if either of you two did not happen to marry for money, like Amy, it might do you ...
— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge


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