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dropper-in
[ drop-er-in ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dropper-in1
1895–1900; verb phrase drop in + -er 1, with particle postposed
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Example Sentences
He was always the last dropper-in, and was never seen to dine in the house before dark.
From Project Gutenberg
"Count Maurice saith but little, but I cannot tell what he thinketh," wrote Leicester's eaves-dropper-in-chiefs.
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