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lemon drop

American  

noun

  1. a lemon-flavored lozenge.


lemon drop British  

noun

  1. a lemon-flavoured boiled sweet

"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 lemon drop

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

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That lemon drop was a stunt in itself: made with lots of swirling and pouring and whooshing about, yet somehow simultaneously effortless.

From Seattle Times

For example, if the square in the third row and second column contains a yellow lemon drop after all swaps, that corresponds to the statement “true.”

From Scientific American

Like I’ll always get a lemon drop or a cucumber martini, so we learned how to make those just so we can have that same drink effect without having to be outside.

From Los Angeles Times

Then she stuffs his backpack with the essentials: the lemon drops, the tumblers — water, coffee, protein smoothie.

From Washington Post

And how catastrophic would it be if, as the children’s tune goes, all the raindrops were lemon drops and gumdrops?

From Washington Post