10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES OF»
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To make ducks and drakes of money = To squander it. [1585: Nomenclator, 299,
A stone throwne into the water, and making circles yer it sinke ... it is called a
ducke and a drake, and a halfe penie cake.] 1605: Chapman, ete., Eastsi. Hot, I i.
George Latimer Apperson, Martin H. Manser, Stephen J. Curtis, 2005
Now then, my young lady, you may consider yourself as by far the most
independent personage in the family,—for you are the only one who can make
ducks and drakes of your property, if such be your wish, will, and pleasure.” “
Ducks and ...
Frances Milton Trollope, 1845
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Rajpal Dictionary
Of English Idioms & Phrases
... the size of my younger brother Make ducks and drakes: Use recklessly;
squander; waste * Don't make ducks and drakes when driving your vehicle * It is
an act of foolishness to make ducks and drakes of our hard- earned money * We
should ...
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The Slang Dictionary; Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, ...
DUCKS AND DRAKES, " to make DUCKS AND DRAKES of one's money," to
throw it away childishly, — derived from children " shying " flat stones on the
surface of a pool, which they call DUCKS AND DRAKES, according to the
number of ...
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Glossary
of Northamptonshire words
and phrases, with ...
302. I gather'd flat gravel stones up, in the shallows, To make ducks and drakes
when I got to a pond. Clare's MS. Poems. '< To make ducks and drakes of money,
" is to waste it in thoughtless extravagance A phrase which has doubtless arisen
...
Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854
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Glossary
of Northamptonshire words
and phrases
... in the shallows, To make ducks and drakes when I got to a pond. ClAre's MS.
Poems. " To make ducks and drakes of money," is to waste it in thoughtless
extravagance A phrase which has doubtless arisen from the WORDS AND
PHRASES.
Anne Elizabeth Baker, 1854
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Lexicon Balatronicum. A dictionary
of Buckish slang, ...
To make ducks and drakes of one's money ; to throw it idly away. DUDDERING
RAKE. A thundering rake; a buck of the first head, one extremely lewd.
DUDDERS, or WHISPERING DUDDERS. Cheats who travel the country,
pretending to sell ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
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The Dictionary
of Nautical, University, Gypsy
and Other ...
DUCKS AND DRAKES, "to make DUCKS AND DRAKES of one's money,” to
throw it away childishly, derived from children “shying” flat stones on the surface
of a pool, which they call DUCKS AND DRAKES, according to the number of
skips ...
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Grose's Classical Dictionary
of Th Vulgar Tongue: Revised ...
To make ducks and drakes of one's money ; to throw it idly away. Duddering
Rake. A thundering rake ; a buck of the first head, one extremely lewd. Dudders,
or Whispering Dudders. Cheats who travel the country, pretending to sell
smuggled ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
10
Grose's Classical Dictionary
of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised ...
To make ducks and drakes of one's money ; to throw it idly away. Duddering
Rake. A thundering rake ; a buck of the first head, one extremely lewd. Dudders,
or Whispering Dudders. Cheats who travel the country, pretending to sell
smuggled ...
Francis Grose, Pierce Egan, 1823
