canardes

Updated: May 4, 2025

"Adieu, Canaux, Canardes, et Canaille," which might be rendered into English thus: "Good-bye, Dykes, Ducks, and Dutchmen." So I returned to my father's house to be nursed by my sister, and to astonish the neighbours with the history of our wonderful achievements.

Frederick Marryat - Frank Mildmay : Or, The Naval Officer