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Bedbug   /bˈɛdbəg/   Listen
noun
Bedbug  n.  (Zool.) A wingless, bloodsucking, hemipterous insect (Cimex Lectularius), sometimes infesting houses and especially beds.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Bedbug" Quotes from Famous Books



... him. When it comes to melons and wine and bossing tramp labor and taking care of his money and coming in out of the rain, Klem Zareff's as sane as I am. But on the subject of the Terran Federation, he's crazy as a bedbug. What ...
— The Cosmic Computer • Henry Beam Piper

... of pus in an operation wound is as deep a disgrace as a bedbug on the pillow of a model housekeeper, and calls for as vigorous an overhauling of equipment, from cellar to skylight; while a second drop means a commission of inquiry and a drumhead court-martial. This is the secret of the advances of modern surgery,—not ...
— Preventable Diseases • Woods Hutchinson



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