Definitions

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  • adjective Beside a creek.
  • noun The land beside a creek.

Etymologies

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creek +‎ -side

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Examples

  • They lifted flutes, playing a sacred melody as we started along the creekside trail leading toward Anhaica.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • BRIAN NAYLOR: It all goes back to a story about a college prank published by GQ last summer in which an anonymous woman alleges that in 1983, she was tied up and driven by Rand Paul and some of his buddies at Baylor University to a creekside.

    Kentucky Senate Race Heats Up Over Attack Ad 2010

  • But last month, while home from college for winter break, Adams, 19, was enjoying the bike trail and some creekside quiet.

    Indian Head, Md., free of sprawl - for better and worse Ann Cameron Siegal 2011

  • They lifted flutes, playing a sacred melody as we started along the creekside trail leading toward Anhaica.

    Fire The Sky W. Michael Gear 2011

  • BRIAN NAYLOR: It all goes back to a story about a college prank published by GQ last summer in which an anonymous woman alleges that in 1983, she was tied up and driven by Rand Paul and some of his buddies at Baylor University to a creekside.

    Kentucky Senate Race Heats Up Over Attack Ad 2010

  • An Advantex, dual stage septic system protects creekside soil quality and provides digital, off site monitoring of waste water quality.

    Neal Creek Residence by Paul McKean 2009

  • When wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they brought down elk and deer populations, allowing creekside willows to rebound, making a more fruitful environment for species living in and near the water.

    Loss of predators in the food chain can alter the ecosystem 2011

  • BRIAN NAYLOR: It all goes back to a story about a college prank published by GQ last summer in which an anonymous woman alleges that in 1983, she was tied up and driven by Rand Paul and some of his buddies at Baylor University to a creekside.

    Kentucky Senate Race Heats Up Over Attack Ad 2010

  • Across the pasture, hidden in the far hedgerow near the creekside stand of trees, three half-starved coyotes raised their twitching snouts to catch a breeze laced of a sudden with the hot, iron-rich scent of blood.

    'The Wake of Forgiveness' 2010

  • I wonder if his self imposed exile to his creekside cabin is going to result in a resignation prior to the New Year.

    McCain, Now That It’s Over - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

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