Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The dobson or hellgrammite.
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Examples
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I pried out a number of tiny brown beetles, somewhat the shape of a pinching-bug, only very much smaller.
The Young Forester Zane Grey 1905
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Tom had been lying as quiet as a mouse when a pinching-bug, as they are commonly called, had dropped from one of the bushes onto his neck.
The Rover Boys at School Edward Stratemeyer 1896
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