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bug light

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noun

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


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

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

From "Kira-Kira" by Cynthia Kadohata

As the "bug" light caught her face, Roger saw that it was Charley.

From The Forbidden Trail by Honoré Morrow

"Wasn't it, though!" answered Sahwah, flashing her little bug light on the path before her.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

She started violently and flashed her bug light in his face.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Maine Woods Or, The Winnebagos Go Camping by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

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