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
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
He might drop a chord of dewdrop sensitivity into the middle of a passage of heavily percussive playing; he might change the hue of a comrade’s solo by suggesting a subtle countermelody underneath.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018
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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