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dewdrop

American  
[doo-drop, dyoo-] / ˈduˌdrɒp, ˈdju- /

noun

  1. a drop of dew.


dewdrop British  
/ ˈdjuːˌdrɒp /

noun

  1. a drop of dew

  2. euphemistic a drop of mucus on the end of one's nose

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of dewdrop

1150–1200; Middle English. See dew, drop

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In another, a ladybug drinks water from a dewdrop on a long blade of grass.

From National Geographic Jan. 22, 2024

Alsop took a painterly approach to Mahler’s many details — birdsong and bells, dewdrop harps, the lowing moo of a tuba.

From Washington Post Feb. 20, 2023

Instead, the dishes the series features — some entirely fanciful, like dwindling dewdrop cake, and others based on the real world, like gingerbread — become vehicles for creativity and problem-solving.

From New York Times Feb. 8, 2022

He’s still working with his trademark dewdrop synth melodies, but this song is twitchier and more anxious than any of his other recent work.

From The Verge May 6, 2016

Now she found herself inside the story, which went as follows: Once upon a time, when magic was not questioned and the miraculous showed itself in every dewdrop and moon shadow, there lived a frog.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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