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ducks and drakes

ducks and drakes


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. skipping stones across water: a game in which flat stones are skipped across water by throwing them almost parallel to its surface ( takes a singular verb )

[Because suggestive of a waterfowl's movements]

play ducks and drakes with to use something recklessly and wastefully

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