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streamlet

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[streem-lit] / ˈstrim lɪt /

noun

  1. a small stream; rivulet.


Etymology

Origin of streamlet

First recorded in 1545–55; stream + -let

Example Sentences

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Do thou, even thou, O faithful Anna! say Why this small Streamlet is to me so dear; Thou know'st, that while enjoyments disappear And sweet remembrances like flowers decay, 1820.

From The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth, Volume IV (of 8) by Wordsworth, William

In silence Matthew lay, and eyed The spring beneath the tree; And thus the dear old man replied, The gray-hair'd man of glee: 'No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears, How merrily it goes!

From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various

If we follow the e sound through the tale, we find it in Flea, beer, scream, creak, weeps, sweep, reason, heap, Tree, leaves, and Streamlet.

From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.

And then the Streamlet said, "Now I must flow."

From A Study of Fairy Tales by Kready, Laura F.

No check, no stay, this Streamlet fears, How merrily it goes!

From The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language by Palgrave, Francis Turner