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 James Joyce
Never once in his explanation did Jorde Foley say moonshine, or shine, or mountain dew.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
Sam felt the need of a drop of mountain dew.
From The Voice of the City: Further Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry
You make me think of roses, and cream, and honey, and mountain dew, and everything that’s sweet and wholesome, and takes no thought of the morrow.
From Flaming June by A. Gilbert
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