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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

There’s one tremendous shot in Tall Grass with a reflection in a moving dewdrop, with the camera inverting.

From The Verge ● Oct. 9, 2019

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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