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
My love she's handsome, My love she's bony: She's like good whisky When it is new; But when 'tis old And growing cold It fades and dies like The mountain dew.
From A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by Joyce, James
I was just going to ask if you had a little mountain dew.
From The Foolish Virgin by Dixon, Thomas
They must stop and have a glass of mountain dew.
From Post Haste by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Then the horses were looked after, and each retired, with his blanket rolled around him to keep off the mountain dew, which was already showing itself.
From Boys of The Fort Or, A Young Captain's Pluck by Bonehill, Ralph
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