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 Literature
If a blackbeetle crawls across it it suffers a sort of paralysis.
From Project Gutenberg
A blackbeetle ran quickly across the gaudy oilcloth, and Michael sitting in this scrofulous kitchen had a presentiment that Daisy was right.
From Project Gutenberg
On the whole, I'd rather meet a ghost, than a rat, or a blackbeetle, or a burglar.
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It is to the death, and has been going on for years, the combatants being the red cockroach and the blackbeetle.
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