The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 283
). InEnglish, to play at ducks anddrakes, has come to mean spend-ing ones money extravagantly. DUMBBELLS. See Gymnastics. DUMB CRAMBO. See Crambo. DWARF, THE, an amusementin which two persons take part.One of them stands behind a tableand places his hands on it, while theother stands behind the… … Fig. I. then placed on the hands of thefirst player, and a childs trousers,or kilt skirt over his arms. Ajacket is put on over his shoulders and the arms of the hidden player,and an excellent imitation of a dwarfis thus formed. (Fig 2,) The faceshould be disguised as much as pos-
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