Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
May-beetle , 1.
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Examples
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Let your ideas fly in the air, like a may-bug, tied by the foot with a thread.
The Clouds 2000
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Rolf had therefore recognised the biscuits inside the may-bug by their smell only -- and was anxious that she should know that they hadn't been given him to eat!
Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals Henny Kindermann
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Let your ideas fly in the air, like a may-bug, tied by the foot with a thread.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 446? BC-385? BC Aristophanes
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(N.B. Rolf is in the habit of referring to himself as 'Lol.') "In order to subject him to an unexpected test I had brought with me a box containing a 'may-bug' made of papier mâché, the inside of which was filled with biscuits.
Lola or, The Thought and Speech of Animals Henny Kindermann
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