floodlet

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English

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Etymology

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Fromflood+‎-let.

Noun

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floodlet(pluralfloodlets)

  1. A smallflood.
    • 1937,Alexander Wanless,Rods on Fast Rivers: An Angling Survey,page83:
      This flood, or ratherfloodlet,was a veritable godsend, because it cleaned the river bed of the accumulated dirt of months and washed away great quantities of insect life which make the trout decline the angler's lure.