ladies'-eardrops
Americannoun
plural
ladies'-eardropsEtymology
Origin of ladies'-eardrops
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Example Sentences
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She opens to the first page: Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place.
From Literature
The book opens: “Mrs Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook” – and goes on for another seven lines, ending “thereof”.
From The Guardian
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