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ˈdrip-drop, n.
[reduplication of drip or drop.]
Continuous dripping with alternation of sound. So drip-drop v., lit. and fig.
1848Mrs. Gaskell Mary Barton ix, The drip-drop from the roof without. 1873Browning Red Cotton Night-Cap Country 269 She patient..wiled the slow drip-dropping hours away. 1888W. E. Henley in Pall Mall G. 11 June 3/1 My very life goes dripping, Dropping, dripping, drip-drop-dropping, In the drip-drop of the cistern. |