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house cricket

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noun

  1. 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

Only the house cricket seems to be very well known.

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

If every fellow said the same, it would be all up with house cricket; and we wanted to turn out such a hot team this year, too.

From The Master of the Shell by Reed, Talbot Baines

A small house of course in Town—some country house cricket: and then a bit of shooting.

From Mufti by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)

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