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Definition of Earwiggy
1. resembling an earwig [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Earwiggy
Literary usage of Earwiggy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Criticism from the Elizabethan Dramatists by John Tucker Murray, David Klein, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, William Winter, Rosamond Gilder, Felix Emmanuel Schelling, William Dean Howells, Mary Findlater, Jane Helen Findlater, Allan McAulay, William Randolph Hearst (1904)
"It was in vain for me to tell her that thatch is earwiggy as well as damp, and
that every sensible landowner is substituting slate roofs as fast as he can. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"... of another attack from without, and :Pt the fitful sleep of all first nights
in camp, awaking for good at cold and damp and earwiggy. VOL. I., NS 1868. ..."
3. Putnam's Monthly (1907)
"Magnificent old trees drooped their branches low over the- winding paths; rustic
arbors, covered with earwiggy vines, would have delighted Amy March; ..."
4. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"Magnificent old trees drooped their branches low over the winding paths; rustic
arbors, covered with earwiggy vines, would have delighted Amy March; ..."
5. The Hardy Country: Literary Landmarks of the Wessex Novels by Charles George Harper (1904)
"... and earwiggy always, thinks the stranger under such roofs, as he observes
quaint lepidoptera ensconced comfortably in his bed. ..."
6. Putnam's Magazine (1907)
"Magnificent old trees drooped their branches low over the winding paths; rustic
arbors, covered with earwiggy vines, would have delighted Amy March; ..."
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