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drain-like

adj

Etymology

From drain + -like.

  1. inherited from *draugiz✻
  2. inherited from *drauhnōną✻
  3. inherited from *drauhnōn✻
  4. inherited from drēahnian
  5. inherited from *dreinen✻
  6. formed as drain-like — “drain + -like”

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of drainlike.

    • It is possible that the Waterloo & City line is nicknamed 'The Drain' because of the water pumped away, but there are other theories, the line being drain-like in so many ways.

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