dropple

English

Etymology

drop +‎ -le; compare droplet, Limburgish dróppel.

Noun

dropple (plural dropples)

  1. (rare) A drop (of rain, dew, etc).
    • 1996 [????], John Clare, John Clare: Poems of the Middle Period, 1822-1837: Volume V, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 134:
      ... 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  […]
    • 2002, Graeme Feltham, 100 Naked Beers:
      […] swings his arms around, dropples of water spatting everywhere.

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