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 Dickens, Charles
Shouting would frighten a burglar, or a rat, but would have no effect on a blackbeetle, or a ghost.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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 Jacobs, W. W. (William Wymark)
The nearest I have come to it is a feeling of disgust when I have seen a cat retrieving a blackbeetle just about to escape under a wall and making a dish of it.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
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