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Definition of Droops
1. droop [v] - See also: droop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Droops
Literary usage of Droops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary and Miscellaneous Memoirs by Joseph Cradock, John Bowyer Nichols (1828)
"Bedeck the mournful bower; The tender woodbine droops its bead, ... A Fragment,
Genius oft droops ; example lies before you In each sad scene of ..."
2. The Iron Chest: A Play, in Three Acts by George Colman (1808)
"Where fever droops his burning head; Where sick men languish on their bed; Around
let ev'ry accent be, A soft and dulcet harmony! Harmony! Harmony! THE END. ..."
3. Songs and Ballads of the Southern People, 1861-1865 by Frank Moore (1886)
"Furl that banner—softly, slowly ; Furl it gently, it is holy, For it droops above
the dead. Touch it not, unfurl it never, Let it droop there, ..."
4. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"In these the hody droops to one side, and at the same time becomes rotated on
the vertebral axis, producing often a very unpleasant deformity, ..."
5. Lamia's Winter-quarters by Alfred Austin (1898)
"The poppy's fair frail petals close, The lily yet more languid grows, And
dewy-dreamy droops the rose : Good-night ! Good-night ! ..."
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