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short-horned grasshopper

[shawrt-hawrnd]

noun

  1. locust.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of short-horned grasshopper1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Example Sentences

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“No,” he answered, “not all. If you want to know, I happen to be a ‘short-horned’ grasshopper.

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They spoke of Kiddie Katydid as "the Long-horned Grasshopper," while they termed his neighbor "the Short-horned Grasshopper."

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He was nothing but a Short-horned Grasshopper.

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