gumdrop
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gumdrop
Example Sentences
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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
“He’s an ideas man who’s never touched a machine. He just tumbles into the inventing room and says something like, ‘Oh, what about a gumdrop that makes children dream silly dreams?’
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 17, 2021
Sit in the midst and think about how college basketball still squeezes in a place for these players from gumdrop gyms.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2020
There, we boarded a banana boat for a one-hour ride past shallow reefs and gumdrop specks of land until we reached a lagoon and Matava, a minimalist resort where we planned to stay two nights.
From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2018
She was about the size of a gumdrop.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
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