blackbeetle
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blackbeetle
Example Sentences
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She popped another blackbeetle into her mouth and then another, like someone with a bag of chocolate-covered raisins.
From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
An exploratory blackbeetle now and then was found immovable upon the stairs, or in an upper room, as wondering how he got there.
From Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
He haunted the kitchen with the persistency of a blackbeetle, and became such a nuisance at last that Miss Hartley espoused his cause almost with enthusiasm.
From Salthaven by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs
The diminishing scale, of what I would rather not meet in a narrow staircase at night, is, the burglar, rat, blackbeetle, ghost.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
On the whole, I'd rather meet a ghost, than a rat, or a blackbeetle, or a burglar.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand
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