hot tear
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hot tear
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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Her words burn all the way down my neck into my chest like a scalding hot tear.
From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton
Then a hot tear fell down upon her head, rolled over her face and neck, down on to the loaf on which she stood; and then another tear rolled down, followed by many more.
From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)
The girl laughed, dashing away a hot tear with the back of a soapy hand.
From Under the Country Sky by Rogers, Frances
Dead! and no hot tear would stir All that woman sweet and fair, Woman soul from feet to hair Which was once of her.
From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius
Me let a hot tear fall on his boy's upturned face.
From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel
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