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ducks and drakes
noun
Idiom1.
Also, duck and drake. a pastime in which flat stones or shells are thrown across water so as to skip over the surface several times before sinking.
2.
play ducks and drakes with, to handle recklessly; squander: He played ducks and drakes with his fortune. Also, make ducks and drakes of.
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Ducks and drakes
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Origin:
1575–85; from a fancied likeness to a waterfowl's movements
1575–85; from a fancied likeness to a waterfowl's movements
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| ducks and drakes | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a game in which a flat stone is bounced across the surface of water |
| 2. | make ducks and drakes of, play ducks and drakes with, play at ducks and drakes with to use recklessly; squander or waste |
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