Floodlet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A small flood.

    "This flood, or rather floodlet, was a veritable godsend, because it cleaned the river bed of the accumulated dirt of months and washed away great quantities of insect life which make the trout decline the angler's lure."

Example

More examples

"This flood, or rather floodlet, was a veritable godsend, because it cleaned the river bed of the accumulated dirt of months and washed away great quantities of insect life which make the trout decline the angler's lure."

Etymology

From flood + -let.

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