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- noun A
stream that only flow inwinter (or after wet weather)
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Examples
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June 5th, 2010 at 1: 27 pm he looks a little like brendan fraser, circa ‘mrs. winterbourne.’ anyone else see it?
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It looked like the bed of a winterbourne at the end of a dry summer, but slick with light autumn drizzle.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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As for who had placed L-onie's sewing box and the original cards in their hiding place beneath the winterbourne, that remained unresolved.
Sepulchre Mosse, Kate 2007
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For at that point, just where the winterbourne gushes out from the low hills, is the spot man would naturally select to make his home.
A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881
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No, I cannot think that any person for whom it had no association, no secret interest, would, after looking at this village with its dried-up winterbourne, care to make his home in it.
A Shepherd's Life Impressions of the South Wiltshire Downs 1881
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Good for her By the way caught this Orianthi Guitar Solo on ... rhoda: hi hannah i love u, u came to my school winterbourne and i loved the way u sang all of the songs love rhoda ...
Band Weblogs 2009
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frampton, winterbourne, kendleshire Running Map davidjbrowning
reesetee commented on the word winterbourne
An intermittent stream, such as those found in chalk and limestone districts, which flows only in winter or at long intervals.
August 18, 2008