chinch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of chinch
1615–25; < Spanish chinche < Latin cīmic- (stem of cīmex ) bug
Example Sentences
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The chinch bugs assaulted the scraggly grain stalks, and the grasshoppers swarmed.
From Time Magazine Archive
A glass of water or a chinch bug or a copper coin is composed of molecules.
From Time Magazine Archive
He likened AAA's crop reduction to chinch bugs, boll weevils and locusts which make scarce "the things for which millions are nightly praying."
From Time Magazine Archive
Relatively impervious to either drought, damp or chinch bug, amenable to almost any type of soil, the bean's chief enemies are rabbits, grasshoppers, blister beetles.
From Time Magazine Archive
He don’t go to chinch or nothing, but he not so quick to judge.
From "The Color Purple" by Alice Walker
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