mountain dew
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of mountain dew
First recorded in 1810–20
Example Sentences
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What kind of monsters try to feed doritos flavored mountain dew to human beings?
From BusinessWeek ● Nov. 13, 2014
Here the moon by night is distilling and vatting mountain dew from which all wild creatures may drink deep without fear of deleterious effects.
From Old Plymouth Trails by Winthrop Packard
Our sleeping-bags were now put to a severe test between the damp ground and the heavy mountain dew.
From Across Asia on a Bicycle by Thomas Gaskell Allen
I was just going to ask if you had a little mountain dew.
From The Foolish Virgin by Thomas Dixon
This is real mountain dew, Lundie, and it warms the heart like a gleam of bonnie Scotland.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper
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