How to pronounce “ducks and drakes”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• A pastime of throwing flat stones across water so as to make them bounce off the surface.
• (idiomatic, informal) The squandering of resources, especially money; used in expressions such as "to make ducks and drakes of", "to play (at) ducks and drakes with".

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