runlet
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of runlet
C14: from Old French rondelet roundlet
Example Sentences
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The canary, which hung by the door in a cage, sent out a hard bright runlet of song.
From Love of Brothers by Katharine Tynan
"I," shouted Ted, "for I can run, With my high-top boots and rain-coat on, Through every puddle and runlet and pool I find on the road to school."
From Pinafore Palace by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
A small runlet here trickled down the kloof in a chain of water-holes.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
Taliaferro's men hardly seemed happy, up and down the trodden, miry runlet.
From The Long Roll by Mary Johnston
The shepherds jeered; those who had backed the victor were sponging his wounds beside a runlet of water which was close at hand; those who had lost were flinging stones on the vanquished.
From The Waters of Edera by Ouida
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