Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

in two shakes of a duck's tail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables
in- t-wo shakes of a -duck-'s -tail
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
23
Letters
6
Syllables
15
Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

Synonym of in two shakes.

Synonyms

Questions

What does in two shakes of a duck's tail mean?
Synonym of in two shakes.

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