tumblebug

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[Footnote A: it wuz "tumblebug" as he Writ it, but the parson put the

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  1. noun Any of various dung beetles, especially of the genera Canthon and Phanaeus, that roll up balls of fresh dung, inside which the female deposits her eggs and on which the larvae feed.

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  • Then he rolled off the road like a tumblebug, out into the darkness and behind a clutch of trees. —  Lost Echoes by Joe R Lansdale
  • It was only a tumblebug, but he shrank from putting foot on any living thing. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great: Great Musicians, by Elbert Hubbard
  • B 11] it wuz "tumblebug" as he Writ it, but the parson put the Latten instid. —  The Biglow Papers
  • Here, Sawin, step an' fetch it An' mind your eye, be thund'rin spry, or damn ye, you shall ketch it Wal, ez the Doctor sez, some pork will bile so, but by mighty Ef I hed some on 'em to hum, I'd give 'em linkumvity I'd play the rogue's march on their hides an' other music follerin But I must close my letter here for one on 'em 's a hollerin These Anglosaxon ossifers--wal, taint no use a jawin I'm safe enlisted fer the war Yourn BIRDOFREDOM SAWIN Footnote A: it wuz "tumblebug" as he Writ it, but the parson put the Latten instid. —  Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I
  • [Footnote A: it wuz "tumblebug" as he Writ it, but the parson put the —  Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I
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