Definition of drumlin
: an elongate or oval hill of glacial drift
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At the very back of his lot his garden pitches upward — as the property was a glacial drumlin.
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Moraines and gentle drumlins rose and fell along the riverside, creating miniature highlands shrouded in red oak and sugar maple.
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Origin and Etymology of drumlin
Irish druim back, ridge (from Old Irish druimm) + English -lin (alteration of -ling)
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