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nounacid drop (plural acid drops)
plural acid drops
- An old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.
That he bestowed two acid drops and dried fig on Hetty.
1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 130Synonyms: acidulated drop
- A skateboarding trick in which the skater rides off a ledge and drops onto the board without performing an ollie.
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nounAn old-fashioned boiled sweet containing citric acid or tartaric acid.
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