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Ducks and drakes
A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
📖 Definitions of "Ducks and drakes"
noun
- 1
A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
- 2
Squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions like "to make ducks and drakes of", "to play (at) ducks and drakes with".
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