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battle-twig

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An earwig

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, dialectal

Examples

  • 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 battle-twig, an' all they can think of is sins.

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