Meaning of duck-frost | Babel Free

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“Is it a frost ti-neet? Hey! a duck-frost! Ah fell full smack o' mi feeace.”

“... duck-frost. In the meadows and along the fringes of the woods the white rime lay thick and powdery on grass and dead leaves; every foot that touched it left a black mark, as if seared with a hot iron, when the sun came up[…]”

“... duck-frost has given way to a blue sky and a hot sun. The gardener claimed five degrees in the early dawn, and the nasturtiums confirmed it.”

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