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Definition of Eardrops
1. eardrop [n] - See also: eardrop
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eardrops
Literary usage of Eardrops
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flowers and Their Friends by Margaret Warner Morley (1897)
"eardrops. eardrops of gold with red rubies beset, Hang from the ears of a dear
little maid. "Where did you get them, my darling, my pet ? ..."
2. Additional General Regulations Under the Revenue and Collection Laws of the by United States, United States Dept. of the Treasury (1857)
"... goblets, vases, or any other utensil; or paintings capable of being converted
into breastpins, eardrops, or other ornaments to be worn on the person, ..."
3. Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat, Medical and Surgical by Wendell Christopher Phillips (1919)
"Instillation of eardrops.—eardrops are employed (1) for softening masses of ...
A simple method for heating eardrops is by immersing the uncorked bottle ..."
4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"As an ornament for their ears they generally wear some wide eardrops ... In order
to insert these eardrops, they make very large holes in the lobes of the ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1882)
"Near the other skeletons were found gold and silver coins of Galba, Tiberius,
Nero, and Domitian, with gold bracelets and eardrops, and a few pearls and ..."
6. The Spiritual Magazine (1862)
"Perhaps it v. ur ^,/fered me to name, was young and beauteous, that ™ Assessed
eardrops of emerald and topaz, which mixture » jewels was peculiar, ..."
7. The Sunday at Home: A Family Magazine for Sabbath Reading by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1883)
"We went to tho pawnbroker's shop, and he brought out upon the counter a pair of
tawdry eardrops and a ring which, to my eyes, seemed to match them very well ..."
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