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TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES

Definition: TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES

TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES

1. To throw a flat stone obliquely, so as to make it rebound repeatedly from the surface of the water, raising a succession of jets

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES

Specialty definitions using "TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES": DUCKS AND DRAKES. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES

Language Translations for "TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

ablakon hajít ki vmit (to make ducks and drakes of sg, to play ducks and drakes of sg), ablakon dob ki vmit (to make ducks and drakes of sg, to play ducks and drakes of sg). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay akemay ucksday anday akesdray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO MAKE DUCKS AND DRAKES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      4D 41 4B 45      44 55 43 4B 53      41 4E 44      44 52 41 4B 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001011 01000101 00100000 01000100 01010101 01000011 01001011 01010011 00100000 01000001 01001110 01000100 00100000 01000100 01010010 01000001 01001011 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#77 &#65 &#75 &#69 &#32 &#68 &#85 &#67 &#75 &#83 &#32 &#65 &#78 &#68 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#65 &#75 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      004D 0041 004B 0045      0044 0055 0043 004B 0053      0041 004E 0044      0044 0052 0041 004B 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492473545392385537455323548382385235453953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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