crab louse
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of crab louse
First recorded in 1540–50
Example Sentences
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Print ads included a silhouette of a chow, with the promise that One-Spot killed lice, ants, fleas, aphids, bedbugs, crab lice, potato bugs, cabbage worms and Mexican bean beetles.
From Washington Post
The nameless character telling us his story is a man with some years on him and various somatic complaints: “crab lice,” eczema, a bit of unsightly damage to his skull.
From New York Times
Thus the entries for Jan. 18 include George Washington, in 1790, suffering with sore gums and, in 1943, Tennessee Williams rattled by crab lice.
From New York Times
Her expression, commonly used here to refer to something or someone annoying, roughly translates as “What crab lice.”
From New York Times
When I saw that that crab louse had let go of me I took hold of Father Canil's hand.
From Project Gutenberg
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