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- noun Plural form of
cankerworm .
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Examples
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The genius of the lamented person to whose memory I have dedicated these unworthy verses was not less delicate and fragile than it was beautiful; and where cankerworms abound, what wonder if its young flower was blighted in the bud?
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The English sparrow eats also a great many of the army worms which have done so much harm in some parts of the country, and he has in many places entirely destroyed the cankerworms.
Friends and Helpers Sarah J. Eddy
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~ The cankerworms were rather destructive in May at our Sleeping Giant Plantation (not at the others) but fortunately later than usual.
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= Dendrolene =: a patented substance used for catching cankerworms.
Agriculture for Beginners Revised Edition Frank Lincoln Stevens 1902
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But one of his greatest cankerworms was the interest he had to pay on borrowed moneys.
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Breathe cold, O wind of God, and kill my cankerworms.
The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 George MacDonald 1864
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The genius of the lamented person to whose memory I have dedicated these unworthy verses was not less delicate and fragile than it was beautiful; and where cankerworms abound, what wonder if its young flower was blighted in the bud?
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Complete Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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The genius of the lamented person to whose memory I have dedicated these unworthy verses was not less delicate and fragile than it was beautiful; and where cankerworms abound, what wonder if its young flower was blighted in the bud?
The Complete Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley — Volume 1 Percy Bysshe Shelley 1807
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Stuart said he is basing that forecast on data from the fall and will have a better idea about where the spring cankerworms are most likely to pop up - and how bad they'll be - within a week or so.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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As soon as Winnipeggers see leaves forming on the trees this spring, they are likely to see cankerworms hanging from them.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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