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brook

/bɹʊk/ noun C2
  1. A body of running water smaller than a river; a small stream. (US, transitive)
  2. A water meadow, or (in the plural) low, marshy ground. (transitive)

Plural brooks

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Anne, starting out alone in the morning, went down Lover’s Lane as far as the brook.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 106 · C1
“Gertie Pye actually went and put her milk bottle in my place in the brook yesterday.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 112 · C1
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 5 · B2
She gave some to Toto, and taking a pail from the shelf she carried it down to the little brook and filled it with clear, sparkling water.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 12 · B2

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