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bug light

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noun

  1. a yellow light bulb, used mainly outdoors, that does not attract insects.


Example Sentences

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A quick click-clicking from a bug light at the tire store.

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

They were waiting for me under a yellow bug light on the porch.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Gladys flashed her little bug light over the cliff and then shrieked with laughter at the spectacle below.

From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Nyoda threw aside the curtain and flashed her bug light on the floor below.

From The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Hinpoha held her little bug light down while the Captain searched for the trouble in the launch engine and he was not long in discovering that it was nothing serious.

From The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)