spoondrift

[ spoon-drift ]

noun

1. spindrift.

spoondrift

/ ˈspuːnˌdrɪft /

noun

1. a less common spelling of spindrift

Word History and Origins

Origin of spoondrift¹

1760–70; spoon, variant of obsolete spoom (of a ship) to run or scud before the wind + drift

Example Sentences

The spoondrift began to fly so that you could not see the moon, and the wind was enough to choke you if you faced it.

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And it was cold—oh, it was cold!The pinching cold was like a vise: Spoondrift flew freezing,—fold on foldIt coated them with ice.

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She dodged occasionally to protect her eyes from the spoondrift which slatted so sharply across the deck and 156 into the cockpit.

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But if we got off about here and went right through those woods yonder, wed reach the Spoondrift bungalow in an hour.

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The party from Spoondrift bungalow got back in season to get luncheon; after which they rested and then bathed.

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