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eavedrops

eavedrops is the plural of eavedrop.

Meaning of eavedrop

Noun

eavedrop (plural eavedrops)

  1. (archaic) an eavesdrop (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.)
    • Then I rise, the eavedrops fall,
      And the yellow vapours choke1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC

Questions about eavedrops

What is eavedrops the plural of?
Eavedrops is the plural of eavedrop.

Words near eavedrops in the dictionary

  1. eaux fortes
  2. EAV
  3. eave
  4. eaved
  5. eavedrop
  6. eavedrops
  7. eaveless
  8. Eavenson
  9. Eavensons
  10. eaves
  11. eaves trough

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