gumdrop
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Origin of gumdrop
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Sprinkle in a bit of imagination and the hats can also be transformed into a cake, a cupcake and, yeah, even a gumdrop!
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2023
Another of her favorite creations: a gumdrop tree made from twigs and sweets.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2022
Painted in gumdrop colors and faux good cheer, Hanna Bergholm’s “Hatching,” set in a leafy Finnish suburb, is a nightmare of puberty and poor parenting.
From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2022
In 2017, the year Melania Trump glided down the grand staircase as ballerinas danced to “The Nutcracker Suite,” she also mingled with kids assembling gumdrop trees and coloring holiday cards.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021
Apollo 9 had called theirs Gumdrop and Spider, which I thought were neat names because the command module teas shaped like a gumdrop and the lunar module did look sort of like a spider.
From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins
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