ducks and drakes

ducks and drakes A person spending money lavishly and foolishly is said to be playing Ducks and Drakes with it. Like making flat beach stones skip over the surface of the water. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1956 Not used Not used Withdrawn

Bibliographic Details
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
Published: 1956
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21330
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/21330 2023-12-31T10:17:23+01:00 ducks and drakes 1956/07/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21330 eng eng D 1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 59 References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 16690 D_16690_ducks and drakes http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21330 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1956 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z ducks and drakes A person spending money lavishly and foolishly is said to be playing Ducks and Drakes with it. Like making flat beach stones skip over the surface of the water. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1956 Not used Not used Withdrawn Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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collection Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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topic English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
spellingShingle English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
ducks and drakes
topic_facet English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador
description ducks and drakes A person spending money lavishly and foolishly is said to be playing Ducks and Drakes with it. Like making flat beach stones skip over the surface of the water. PRINTED ITEM G.M.Story July 1956 Not used Not used Withdrawn
format Manuscript
title ducks and drakes
title_short ducks and drakes
title_full ducks and drakes
title_fullStr ducks and drakes
title_full_unstemmed ducks and drakes
title_sort ducks and drakes
publishDate 1956
url http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/21330
genre Newfoundland
genre_facet Newfoundland
op_source Department of Folklore
Original held in the Department of Folklore.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore
op_relation D
1937 DEVINE Folklore of Nfld 59
References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
16690
D_16690_ducks and drakes
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