crotonbug
American
[kroht-n-buhg]
/ ˈkroʊt nˌbʌg /
Or
Croton bug
noun
Etymology
Origin of crotonbug
1855–60, allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City's cockroach population; bug 1
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