Clementine
/ˈkleməntaɪn/
/ˈkleməntaɪn/
- a popular old US song about Clementine, a girl who drowns. It is usually sung with a false sadness that makes it humorous. It includes the lines: “Oh my darling, oh my darling,Oh my darling, Clementine;You are lost and gone forever,Dreadful sorry, Clementine.”
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
Clementine