Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A drop of water formed by melting snow or ice.
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Examples
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When she gave me one cold parting kiss upon my forehead, like a thaw-drop from the stone porch -- it was a very frosty day -- I felt so miserable and self-reproachful that I clung to her and told her it was my fault, I knew, that she could say good-bye so easily!
Bleak House Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1853
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When she gave me one cold parting kiss upon my forehead, like a thaw-drop from the stone porch -- it was a very frosty day -- I felt so miserable and self-reproachful that I clung to her and told her it was my fault, I knew, that she could say good-bye so easily!
Bleak House Charles Dickens 1841
tim_retep commented on the word thaw-drop
a drop of water from melting snow or ice
August 1, 2009