house cricket

American

noun

a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.

Etymology

Origin of house cricket

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

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A third, the house cricket, could follow soon.

From Reuters • Nov. 12, 2021

Country house cricket was popular in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.

From BBC • Jul. 25, 2014

This he presented with his blessing to be competed for by the dozen houses that made up the school of Wrykyn, and it was formally established as the house cricket cup.

From The Gold Bat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

Only the house cricket seems to be very well known.

From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio

A photograph of my house cricket eleven, framed in oak.

From Once a Week by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander)

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