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dropples

dropples is the plural of dropple.

Meaning of dropple

Noun

dropple (plural dropples)

  1. (rare) A drop (of rain, dew, etc).
    • ... dropple of dew / The white on her neck & the dun on her breast / The wood piegon loiters right full in thy view / On the maple that hangs oer the path with a nest / A few sticks accross & the eggs shining through / Just under the maple […]1996 [????], John Clare, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837: Volume V, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134

Questions about dropples

What is dropples the plural of?
Dropples is the plural of dropple.

Words near dropples in the dictionary

  1. dropping trow
  2. droppingly
  3. droppings
  4. droppings in
  5. dropple
  6. dropples
  7. droprenilamine
  8. dropropizine
  9. drops
  10. drops a bollock
  11. drops a bomb

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