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- noun Plural form of
horse-stinger .
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Examples
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Little wonder then that people thought they would sting and called them "horse-stingers".
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'A fine rout, indeed, you chicken, 'said Reginald;' I know a fellow who ate up five horse-stingers one morning before breakfast. '
Scenes and Characters Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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We saw to-day abundance of insects, particularly butterflies and horse-stingers.
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