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Snowdrop

//ˈsnəʊ.dɹɒp// noun, verb, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the 20 species of the genus Galanthus of the Amaryllidaceae, bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.

    "A flower that first in this sweet garden smiled, / To virgins sacred, and the Snow-drop styled."

  2. 2
    A Royal Air Force police officer.

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:Snowdrop."

  3. 3
    common anemone of eastern North America with solitary pink-tinged white flowers wordnet
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of Snowdrop (“a Royal Air Force police officer”). alt-of
Verb
  1. 1
    To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline. Australia, ambitransitive, slang

    "MS: There was a lot of snowdropping in those days? / SL: Oh, I've never actually stooped to snowdropping; I used to go into shops. Boosting, man, boosting. But you learn how to survive."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From snow + drop.

Etymology 2

From snow + drop.

Etymology 3

From the plant snowdrop. Named for the white-topped caps sported by NCOs and warrant officers in the Royal Air Force Police.

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