"Ducks and Drakes" Definition

Definitions for the word "Ducks and Drakes" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
pl. (usu. Treated as sing.) Game of making a flat stone skim the surface of water. play ducks and drakes with colloq. Squander.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
2. slang
“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 they make.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864

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