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  • Ducks and Drakes is a 1941 comedy play by the Irish writer Molly Keane. The plot revolves around the wives of three brothers, all living on a farm while...
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    Wood duck (redirect from Wood Ducks)
    Call Several wood ducks calling Problems playing this file? See media help. The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a species of perching duck found...
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  • txantxa — joke txantxulin — reckless txapar — small person txaplast — play ducks and drakes txapla-txapla — splash about barefoot txarakal — empty nut txart...
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    stone skipping as a sport was in England, where it was described as "Ducks and Drakes" in 1583. An early explanation of the physics of stone-skipping was...
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  • just. He usually plays the straight man to the other ducks and protector to his younger brother, Nosedive. Along with the mask of Drake DuCaine, Wildwing...
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    Mallard (redirect from Mallard ducks)
    the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. Males (drakes) have green heads, while...
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    Mandarin duck (redirect from Mandarin ducks)
    mandarin ducks called wedding ducks are often given as wedding gifts and play a significant role in Korean marriage. Similarly, in Japanese the ducks are called...
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    context of Muscovy ducks, caruncles refer to the red fleshy mask that surrounds the head of adult birds, particularly prominent in adult drakes (males). Many...
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  • Lame Ducks is a British television sitcom made by the BBC in 1984 and written by Peter J. Hammond. The series starred John Duttine as Brian Drake, a man...
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    settled for a banker or a stockbroker. The Guv’nor finding this was playing ducks and drakes with his theatrical plans had a 'nuptial clause' inserted in every...
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  • Lancelot Hogben (category CS1 maint: date and year)
    (1943) Professor Hogben plays ducks and drakes with a battery which is able to write prescriptions (...) — Orwell, Politics and the English Language (1946)...
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  • film A Bridge Too Far, which he described as "[playing] ducks and drakes with historical facts in order to dish up an extravaganza fit for the American...
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    Lanning. The Ducks played their home games at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The Ducks bid for the...
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  • Saguaros Flycatchers Train Robbers Leprechauns Sturgeon Pacifics Seaweed Drakes Bills 80s Thunderbirds Surge Riverpigs Border Hounds USPBL List of professional...
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  • Must Fall—also acting in the 1937 film version—Flare Path, Ducks and Drakes, The Winslow Boy and Watch It Sailor!. She had already made her film debut with...
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  • tracks. Side one "Dandelion Dreams" – 4:13 "Stepping Stones" – 3:49 "Ducks and Drakes" – 3:57 "Morning Haze" – 3:05 "Waterfalls" – 3:59 Side two "Quiet Valleys"...
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  • finds that she owns 60 ducks. She is astonished when one of the ducks begins laying radioactive eggs. As the news spreads, the Drakes come under siege by...
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  • to Beagle Island!". Bomber and Butcher Beagle – A pair of ice hockey-playing Beagle Boys who appeared in "The Mighty Ducks of Duckburg!". Flintheart Glomgold...
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    produced the album Ducks and Drakes, and several EPs. Most of these releases were recorded at White House Studio in Syston, near Leicester and produced by Mike...
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    Scunthorpe Steelworks (category Buildings and structures in Scunthorpe)
    have to get yourself dismissed." According to Harry Meakin's son Frank: "My father – who was 32 years old at the time – then played ducks and drakes at...
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