See also: Dreen

English

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Noun

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dreen (plural dreens)

  1. (Appalachia) Alternative form of drain
    • [1803, George Neville Ussher, The Elements of English Grammar[1], Galen H. Fay, page 95:
      Dreen for drain.]
    • 1947, Ben Williams, A House Divided[2], Chicago Review Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 366:
      Tony, Pa moved to Mike's Run, it is a little dreen runs into Patterson crick Mr. Cavett will tell you where.
    • 2003, Mike Bottini, Trail Guide to the South Fork[3], Harbor Electronic Publishing, →ISBN, page 30:
      [] the northern shoreline of Big Fresh Pond and the upper reaches of an unnamed brook known locally as the ale-wife dreen.

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Limburgish

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch *drone, from Old Dutch *drān, from Proto-West Germanic *drānu.

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dreen ?

  1. A drone; a male bee.

Further reading

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  • H. Crompvoets, H.H.A. van de Wijngaard, Woordenboek van de Limburgse dialecten, II-6, Volume 2, Van Gorcum (1991), page 5.