brooklet

American  

[brook-lit] / ˈbrʊk lɪt /

noun

1. a small brook.

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brooklet British  

/ ˈbrʊklɪt /

noun

1. a small brook

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Etymology

Origin of brooklet

First recorded in 1805–15; brook ¹ + -let

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Example Sentences

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brooklet

Then the little damsel Piltti Answered in the words that follow: "Here I seek a village bathroom, Seek a bath near reed-fringed brooklet, That relief may reach the suffering, For the need is very pressing."

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Elias Lönnrot

When the girls reached the wood with its cool, damp shade, moss-grown paths, and running brooklet, they set to work with renewed vigor to hunt for specimens.

From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey

He is still the pleasant companion by river and brooklet, and the cause why, "He that has fishing loved should fish the more, And he should fish who never fish'd before."

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 by Various

I look till the fields and brooklet Swim like a vision by, And a room in a lowly dwelling Lies clear before my eye.

From Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition by Richard Henry Stoddard

Clear was the heaven and blue, and May, with her cap crowned with roses, Stood in her holiday dress in the fields, and the wind and the brooklet Murmured gladness and peace, God's-peace!

From The Song of Hiawatha An Epic Poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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