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Definition of Drone on

1. Verb. Talk in a monotonous voice. "Sam and Sue drone on"

Definition of Drone on

1. Verb. (intransitive) to talk in a boring manner for a long time. ¹

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Literary usage of Drone on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Trial Evidence: The Rules of Evidence Applicable on the Trial of Civil by Austin Abbott, James MacGregor Smith, John Kenneth Byard (1918)
"76 drone on Copyr. 430. The efforts which a defendant made to avoid copying by ... LJ 240; drone on Copyr. 401-103. Mode of proof of infringement of drama. ..."

2. A Treatise on Federal Practice in Civil Causes: With Special Reference to by Roger Foster (1892)
"Bishop, 11 Simons, 51 ; drone on Copyright, 513. 1 Cliff. 186- Lawrence v. Dana, 4 Cliff. ... 18; drone on Copyright, 517, 518. 12 Lawrence v Dana, 4 Cliff. ..."

3. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"drone on Copyright, 383. Certain uses of the copyrighted book are held to be ... drone on Copyright, 387-399, 433, 467. The cases show that in the field of ..."

4. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1889)
"drone on Copyright, 498. "The copyright is prima facie evidence that he was the author, and the burden ... drone on Copyright, p. 500. See also Chappell ?•. ..."

5. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, John Melville Gould (1896)
"454, 455). The author may reserve the rights of dramatization and translation. drone on Copyright, p. 445. In Carte v. Ford, 15 Federal Reporter, 439, ..."

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