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fill-dike

fill-dike is the alternative form of February fill-dike.

Meaning of February fill-dike

Proper noun

February fill-dike

  1. A rural appellation for the month of February, when rain or melting snow fills dykes with water.
    • January white, February fill-dike.1851, Thomas Sternberg, The Dialect and Folk-lore of Northamptonshire

Origin of fill-dike

From fill + dike.

Phrases with fill-dike

Questions about fill-dike

What is fill-dike the alternative form of?
Fill-dike is the alternative form of February fill-dike.

Words near fill-dike in the dictionary

  1. fill someone's boots
  2. fill someone's shoes
  3. fill the bill
  4. fill up
  5. fill'd
  6. fill-dike
  7. fill-dyke
  8. fill-in
  9. fill-ins
  10. fill-kill
  11. fill-out

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