eavedrop
noun/ˈiːvdɹɒp/
Etymology From eave + drop.
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Archaic an eavesdrop (dripping of rain from the eaves of a house.)
- Then I rise, the eavedrops fall, And the yellow vapours choke1855, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page)”, in Maud, and Other Poems, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC: