Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Australia, slang)To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Have you seen any snowdrops yet?

    deHast du schon Schneeglöckchen gesehen? — Waldelfe

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  2. There are daffodils, marigolds and snowdrops in my little garden.

    deEs gibt Narzissen, Tagetes und Schneeglöckchen in meinem kleinen Garten. — Tom9358

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  3. I saw my first snowdrop of the year today!

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  4. Snowdrops are the first flowers of the year in my garden.

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  5. Snowdrops always flower quite early.

    deDie Schneeglöckchen blühen immer ziemlich früh. — Esperantostern

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Origin

From snow + drop.

From snow + drop.

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Forms

snowdrops, snowdropping, snowdropped, snowdropped
Base formsnowdrop · to snowdrop
3rd person singularsnowdrops
Present participlesnowdropping
Past simplesnowdropped
Past participlesnowdropped

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysnowdrop
he, she, itsnowdrops

Past simpleLesson

all personssnowdropped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave snowdropped
he, she, ithas snowdropped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill snowdrop

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsnowdropper

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
snowboardB1snowboardersnowdriftsnowfallsnowflakesnowman
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