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lemon drop

noun

  1. a lemon-flavored lozenge.


lemon drop

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lemon drop1

First recorded in 1800–10
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Example Sentences

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

She offered him a lemon drop from the little silver tin she’d been carrying around since London.

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.”

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.

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

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