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
On the whole, I'd rather meet a ghost, than a rat, or a blackbeetle, or a burglar.
From Happy-Thought Hall by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
It is to the death, and has been going on for years, the combatants being the red cockroach and the blackbeetle.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry
A blackbeetle ran quickly across the gaudy oilcloth, and Michael sitting in this scrofulous kitchen had a presentiment that Daisy was right.
From Sinister Street, vol. 2 by MacKenzie, Compton
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 Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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