Soot-ball
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative form of sootball. alt-of, alternative
"What was true at first becomes a vile untruth before it has run its race; and the person who started the snow-ball, or, rather, the soot-ball, to rolling is responsible, in no small measure, for what it accumulates before it has reached the bottom of the hill."
Example
More examples"What was true at first becomes a vile untruth before it has run its race; and the person who started the snow-ball, or, rather, the soot-ball, to rolling is responsible, in no small measure, for what it accumulates before it has reached the bottom of the hill."
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