creekletn.
A little creek.
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1577 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Islande Brit. i. ix. f. 25/1, in R. Holinshed Chron. I Another myle yet lower, is another litle crekelet [1587 creekelet].
1884 T. Bracken Lays of Maori 91 In a forest, far away, One small creeklet, day by day, Murmurs only this sad lay.
1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger ix. 90 A rum-coloured creeklet.
1969 E. W. Morse Fur Trade Canoe Routes ii. iv. 47 The Indians in earlier days may possibly have been assisted by more beaver dams on the creeklets.
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