noun
Etymology
Origin of honey bear
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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He kept a kinkajou, a cat-size mammal from the rainforest also known as the honey bear, as well as less cuddly companions—including a rattlesnake curled up near the door.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 11, 2023
An empty honey bear or small ketchup bottle works perfectly, or you can buy a small condiment container — just make sure it has a sealable lid.
From Washington Post • Aug. 18, 2022
Lotion tubes, squirt bottles, brushes, a honey bear, solo flip-flops, a Wiffle ball and a legless lawn flamingo now stained bone-white, all provide the canvas for Riley’s patterned mariner drawings in India ink.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022
She takes the honey bear bottle from her father, then her aunt.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2019
If thou the festal bless, I will not fail To burn sweet incense unto him and thee, And offerings of Arcadian honey bear.
From The Elegies of Tibullus Being the Consolations of a Roman Lover Done in English Verse by Williams, Theodore C.
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