pismire
an ant.
Origin of pismire
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How to use pismire in a sentence
As if we should look upon an ant or pismire, the parts fly the sight, and the whole considered is almost nothing.
Discoveries Made Upon Men and Matter | Ben JonsonAt first he said he was a pismire, but the Speaker said pismire was not parliamentary, and he modified it to grasshopper.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 8, May 21, 1870 | VariousI've got a thousand-legged worm at the head of a pismire flush, and it serves us right, for a lot of slovens.
Woodcraft and Camping | George Washington Sears (Nessmuk)Thou art no more than a pismire; why wilt thou seek to provoke the elephants?
The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire | Edward GibbonYou must understand he is an emmet of quality, and has better blood in his veins than any pismire in the molehill.
Thackerayana | William Makepeace Thackeray
British Dictionary definitions for pismire
/ (ˈpɪsˌmaɪə) /
an archaic or dialect word for an ant
Origin of pismire
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