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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : spring-kling |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsprɪŋ klɪŋ |
Definition of sprinkling
Origin :- "small amount," 1590s, verbal noun from sprinkle (v.).
- noun hint, dash
- At present there is but a sprinkling of Protestants in Millau.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- But the sprinkling was a swarm in the Twickenham cottage, and filled it.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- A young but severe-looking Socitaire was sprinkling her with drops of water.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- They were there almost over our heads, sprinkling us with their blue, pink, and mauve drops.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Only a sprinkling of pin-points of light marked Porno to the eye.
- Extract from : « The Bluff of the Hawk » by Anthony Gilmore
- He was sprinkling water on the white face that lay before him.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
- But this sprinkling sanctifies not in the spirit, but only outwardly.
- Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
- And so God, by this sprinkling, has typified the spiritual sprinkling.
- Extract from : « The Epistles of St. Peter and St. Jude Preached and Explained » by Martin Luther
- The use of this phrase suggests that the sprinkling was a fertility rite.
- Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray
- But it might not be anything but straight lead with a sprinkling of silver.
- Extract from : « The Cross-Cut » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
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