dropper-in
Americannoun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dropper-in
1895–1900; verb phrase drop in + -er 1, with particle postposed
Example Sentences
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I have been told by an old frequenter of the house, that Wilkie was always the last dropper-in for dinner, and that he was never seen to dine in the house by daylight.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Besides, there is always the certainty that either you or the dropper-in will say something that would have been better left unsaid, and I have a holy horror of gossip and mischief-making.
From Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth
This sort of gossip went on for days after Jane's return, each dropper-in at tea-table or village gathering having some view of her own to express, the women doing most of the talking.
From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
Lahr and his wife are casual droppers-in at 21 and the Stork Club.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the hearing of some 200 million TV droppers-in around the world, the princess promised in a soft, firm voice "to love, cherish, and to obey" her commoner husband.
From Time Magazine Archive
Roosevelt took rooms at No. 16 Winthrop Street, a quiet little lane midway between the College Yard and Charles River, where he could pursue his hobbies without incessant interruption from casual droppers-in.
From Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography by Thayer, William Roscoe
So much for my hint at visitors, which was scarcely calculated for droppers-in from Woodbridge; the sky does not drop such larks every day.
From The Best Letters of Charles Lamb by Lamb, Charles
The conversation of the droppers-in was always of the nine days’ wonder—the recent marriage.
From A Group of Noble Dames by Hardy, Thomas
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