red spider
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of red spider
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Jessica Chastain, in a gown by Zuhair Murad, looks like she’s wrapped in a ridiculously pretty red spider web, its color quietly glowing.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2022
The makeup “became a necessity when your cheeks could be covered in creeping red spider veins or suddenly erupt in bleeding sores.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
One thing is for certain: The iconic red-and-blue spider suit is history, replaced by a sleek, streamlined black outfit with a deep red spider on the chest and cobwebs on the shoulders and head.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2011
In orchards where the red spider has been kept under control by its enemies, "trees have been literally scarlet with red spiders after being sprayed with DDT."
From Time Magazine Archive
I have from the wrist down not a place to put in a shilling piece which is not a wound, through the very small red spider and other insects.
From About Orchids A Chat by Boyle, Frederick
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