snowdrop
Any of the 20 species of the genus of the , bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or ear
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Any of the 20 species of the genus of the , bulbous flowering plants, bearing a solitary, pendulous, white, bell-shaped flower that appears, depending on species, between autumn and late winter or early spring, all native to temperate Eurasia.
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(Australia, slang, ambitransitive) To steal clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
MS: There was a lot of snowdropping in those days? / SL: Oh, I've never actually stooped to snowdropping; I used to go into shops. Boosting, man, boosting. But you learn how to survive.
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