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单词 ducks and drakes
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ducks and drakes, 
    1. GamesAlso, 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. Games, Idioms play ducks and drakes with, to handle recklessly;
      squander:He played ducks and drakes with his fortune.Also, make ducks and drakes of. 
    • from a fancied likeness to a waterfowl's movements 1575–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ducks and drakes n (functioning as singular)
  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 withto use recklessly; squander or waste
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