battle-twig
battle-twig noun: an earwig.
Noun
battle-twig (plural battle-twigs)
- An earwig
- An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see;
'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me.1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Spinster's Sweet-Arts”, in Tiresias, and Other Poems, page 111 - 1929 D. H. Lawrence, Up He Goes! (from Pansies) in The Complete Poems, page 553 https://books.google.com/books?id=dHB_YjKlyIgC&lpg=PA66&dq=%22battle-twig%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=%22battle-twig%22&f=false
There isn't a damn thing in 'em,
They're as empty as empty tins;
they haven't the spunk of a...
- An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see;
Forms of battle-twig
| plural | battle-twigs |
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Questions about battle-twig
- What does battle-twig mean?
- Battle-twig means an earwig.
- What part of speech is battle-twig?
- Battle-twig is a noun.
- What is the plural of battle-twig?
- The plural of battle-twig is battle-twigs.
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