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Definition of Busy bee
1. Noun. An alert and energetic person.
Generic synonyms: Actor, Doer, Worker
Specialized synonyms: Goffer, Gopher
Definition of Busy bee
1. Noun. a hardworking person ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Busy Bee
Literary usage of Busy bee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry for Children by Samuel Eliot (1879)
"How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the
day From every opening flower ! How skilfully she builds her cell! ..."
2. Criticism on Contemporary Thought and Thinkers by Richard Holt Hutton (1894)
"XXXI SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON "THE LITTLE busy bee" 1874 SIR JOHN LUBBOCK has been
devoting his attention to the mental qualities displayed by bees and wasps, ..."
3. Divine and moral songs for children. Illustr by Isaac Watts (1866)
"AGAINST IDLENESS AND MISCHIEF How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining
hour, And gather honey all the dny From every opening flower! ..."
4. Poems by Grades: Containing Poems Selected for Each Grade of the School by Charles Benajah Gilbert (1907)
"... doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the
day From every opening flower! How skilfully she builds her cell! ..."
5. Gems of the Modern Poets: With Biographical Notices by Samuel Carter Hall (1842)
"THOU wert out betimes, thou busy, busy Bee ! As abroad I took my early way, Before
the cow from her resting-place Had risen up and left her trace On the ..."
6. Nature in Verse: A Poetry Reader for Children by Mary Isabella Lovejoy (1895)
"THE busy bee. HOW doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather
honey all the day From every opening flower ! How skillfully she builds her ..."
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