adown
[ uh-doun ]
Origin of adown
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How to use adown in a sentence
A day that with joy is bubbling—And dancing adown a world mad-gay?
With the Colors | Everard Jack AppletonI thought it would be nice to go adown the path and pipe a forest song to the mamma of the gladness of the spring.
The Story of Opal | Opal WhiteleyOur horses, though they purposely are left unshod, make a prodigious clatter as they stumble adown the rough, uneven way.
The Matabele Campaign | R. S. S. Baden-PowellThe shawl which Mrs. Allen had folded over her shoulders from fear of cold, hung loosely adown her long night robe.
The Gold Brick | Ann S. StephensHe can brave a moonlight walk adown sweet-scented lanes or a twilight pull among the somber rushes.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow | Jerome K. Jerome
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