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  • noun Plural form of icicle.

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Examples

  • i was leaving my fifty-eighth year when i woke into the winter of a cold and mortal body thin icicles hanging off the one mad nipple weeping have we not been good children did we not inherit the earth but you must know all about this from your own shivering life

    Wednesday Poetry: 1994 « Planning the Day 2010

  • There were no strings of lights hung in the trees out front, no electric "icicles" dangling from the gutters, no plastic reindeer on the roof, no wreaths hung on the mailbox or front door, nothing Christmasy at all.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • There were no strings of lights hung in the trees out front, no electric "icicles" dangling from the gutters, no plastic reindeer on the roof, no wreaths hung on the mailbox or front door, nothing Christmasy at all.

    Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 2004

  • WHEELING -- There have been several accidents in the Ohio Valley involving heavy snow and icicles which is reminding people of how dangerous the snow melt can be.

    State Journal Featured Content 2010

  • But most traffic comes from those who have experienced a problem, such as icicles causing ice dams in gutters, pushing water under the shingles and into the house.

    CantonRep.com Home RSS 2009

  • not that it matters. i don't live with her anymore, so we are each entitled to our preferences. mom can spend the next six weeks peeling foil "icicles" out of her vacuum cleaner, and i can smile benevolently at my small--yet tasteful--holiday display.

    shanghaied by christmas, ho ho ho furry_overlord 2003

  • Place third layer on top and spread the remaining ginger cream on top allowing it to drizzle down the sides of the cake like icicles.

    The Cake Slice presents: Chai Cake w/ Honey Ginger Cream 2009

  • They will bike a century amid the threat of dreaded nose icicles and play 36 holes of golf on Valentine's Day.

    Your Outdoor Sports Survival Guide Jason Gay 2011

  • I put my nose to the window and everything outside looked so vacant, even the icicles, Ms. Nailer had told us once, were made primarily of nothing.

    The Adults Alison Espach 2011

  • Place third layer on top and spread the remaining ginger cream on top allowing it to drizzle down the sides of the cake like icicles.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

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