dewdrop
Americannoun
noun
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a drop of dew
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euphemistic a drop of mucus on the end of one's nose
Etymology
Origin of dewdrop
Example Sentences
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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
Because Netflix has both the willingness to let me make my own movie without interference and the resources to let me do things like that shot of the dewdrop.
From The Verge • Oct. 9, 2019
Blue-gold tinged with pink, each dewdrop turned into a scintillating jewel, spiders’ webs became glittering filigree, birdsong rang out as if there had never been a day as fresh and beautiful as this one.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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