honey badger

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Origin of honey badger

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby honey badger

honesty box, Honesty is the best policy, honewort, honey, honey ant, honey badger, honey bear, honeybee, honeyberry, honey bucket, honey bun

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How to use honey badger in a sentence

Holds like a honey badger on hard snow, but it’s super easy to turn at all speeds.
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Smart as a whip and mean as a honey badger, the fallen congressman gradually worked his way back up the House ladder.
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But there are no cages at Senga, and only the honey-badger lives in a tub with a chain round his neck, like a bull-dog.
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British Dictionary definitions for honey badger

honey badger

noun

another name for ratel

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