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Definition of Hornbugs
1. hornbug [n] - See also: hornbug
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornbugs
Literary usage of Hornbugs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
""/1 'd as lieve have a basket of hornbugs in the house. If she should bang against
the ceiling and come down kicking on the floor, I should n't be ..."
2. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"Can get plenty of good men 15.402 Hornblende Has (have) got a very good lot of
men 15.403 hornbugs. Waiting for more men 15.404 Horned . ..."