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
With lighter heart our course we may renew, The first whose footsteps print the mountain dew.
From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth — Volume 1 by William Knight
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 Ralph Bonehill
The mountain dew was still in the earth though and the dust was heavy with damp and not flying.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
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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