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shooting star
noun
- Also called American cowslip, any of several North American plants of the genus Dodecatheon, especially D. meadia, having pink or white flowers with reflexed petals and stamens forming a pointed beak.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shooting star1
First recorded in 1585–95
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Example Sentences
A shooting star flickered above me and vanished in an instant.
From The Daily Beast
Because you shoot like a bomb or a shooting star, but then it falls down.
From The Daily Beast
We next proceed to the phenomenon generally called Falling or Shooting Star.
From Project Gutenberg
A shooting star falling near a house, foretells an early death in that dwelling.
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The third brother was Tecumseh, "the wild-cat that leaps upon its prey," or "the shooting star," as the name has been translated.
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It is this misleading appearance that probably is responsible for the name shooting star.
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The shooting-star, a near relative of the cyclamen, is as thick upon the earth as stars up in the sky.
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