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June bug   Listen
noun
June bug  n.  (Zool.)
1.
See june beetle.
2.
A firefly. (Chiefly Northern U. S.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"June bug" Quotes from Famous Books



... laughed banteringly. "I believe you've got the June bug fluttering in your bonnet too. It's contagious this time of ...
— The Dominant Dollar • Will Lillibridge

... came up for the fresh air! Most of my nights lately have been spent in a hot office with not even a June bug for company. How are ...
— A Hoosier Chronicle • Meredith Nicholson

... top and bottom, and this was displaced in turn by the more practical Concord coach of national fame. The names of the important stagecoach companies were quite as well known, a century ago, as those of our great railways today. Chief among them were the National, Good Intent, June Bug, and Pioneer lines. The coaches, drawn by four and sometimes six horses, were usually painted in brilliant colors and were named after eminent statesmen. The drivers of these gay chariots were characters quite as famous locally as the personages whose names were borne ...
— The Paths of Inland Commerce - A Chronicle of Trail, Road, and Waterway, Volume 21 in The - Chronicles of America Series • Archer B. Hulbert



Words linked to "June bug" :   May beetle, scarabaeid beetle, June beetle, figeater, May bug, scarabaeid



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