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paddle one's own canoe
paddle one's own canoe
Be independent and self-reliant, as in It's time Bill learned to paddle his own canoe. This idiom alludes to steering one's own boat. [c. 1800]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Evvie | | EE-vee, EV-ee | English |
| Linnet | | li-NET, LIN-ət | English (Rare) |
| Tinuviel | | - | Literature |
| Baugulf | | - | Ancient Germanic |
| Eurydike | | - | Greek Mythology |
| Puck | | PUK (English) | Anglo-Saxon Mythology, Dutch |