doodle-bug

John Sharp Williams should win out in the fight with Governor Vardaman, the corporations would have just one more doodle-bug in the United States Senate.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

John Sharp Williams should win out in the fight with Governor Vardaman, the corporations would have just one more doodle-bug in the United States Senate.

Interpretations of American History Gerald N. Grob 1967

And you lied like a doodle-bug going backwards in his hole and made out you didn't do it.

De Turkey and De Law A Comedy in Three Acts Zora Neale Hurston

I would rather be a doodle-bug burrowing in the dust than a plotting politician, trying to inflate a second-term gubernatorial boom with the fetid breath of a foul hypocrisy.

The Complete Works of Brann the Iconoclast, Volume 12 1919

You'd lose your confidence in Almighty God if a doodle-bug flipped his hind leg at you!

The Turmoil 1915

"It would be just as good as 'doodle-bug,' and more -- more accurate."

The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

"There is no such insect as a doodle-bug," he protested feebly.

The Unspeakable Perk Samuel Hopkins Adams 1914

Personally, I do not care at all to kill trout unless by the fly; but when we need meat and they do not need flies, I never hesitate to offer them any kind of doodle-bug they may fancy.

The Forest Stewart Edward White 1909

Another is worrying something on the ground, a cricket perhaps, or a doodle-bug; and the fourth never ceases to worry the patient old mother, till she moves away and lies down by herself in the shadow of

Ways of Wood Folk William Joseph Long 1909

I reckon I don't stack up very high in th 'blue chips when it comes to cashin' in with the gentle sex, anyhow; but in general they gives me as much notice as they lavishes on a doodle-bug.

Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White 1909