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house spider

British

noun

any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider

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If you find a spider in your bathtub or near your sink, it’s probably a house spider trying to get a drink, says Crawford, since water sources inside the home are few and far between.

From National Geographic

It wasn’t a little white house spider.

From Literature

“It’s a little white house spider. Hold out your hand.”

From Literature

It was a little white house spider.

From Literature

When we got to the ninth little white house spider, I was still flipping, but I was doing it silently.

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