red spider
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of red spider
First recorded in 1640–50
Example Sentences
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Oddly enough, when I try to grow it as a houseplant, it always succumbs to red spider mites.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2024
The makeup “became a necessity when your cheeks could be covered in creeping red spider veins or suddenly erupt in bleeding sores.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2022
One thing is for certain: The iconic red-and-blue spider suit is history, replaced by a sleek, streamlined black outfit with a deep red spider on the chest and cobwebs on the shoulders and head.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2011
In orchards where the red spider has been kept under control by its enemies, "trees have been literally scarlet with red spiders after being sprayed with DDT."
From Time Magazine Archive
There's the red spider out along the south wall—ugh, ugh," persisted Simon, without seeming to hear her; "and your new g'raniums a'most covered wi' blight.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
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