DUCKS AND DRAKES


Meaning of DUCKS AND DRAKES in English

To make ducks and drakes: a school-boy's amusement, practised with pieces of tile, oyster-shells, or flattish stones, which being skimmed along the surface of a pond, or still river, rebound many times. To make ducks and drakes of one's money; to throw it idly away.

Slang English vocab.      Английский сленговый словарь.