Lexicographical Neighbors of Locusted
Literary usage of Locusted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Philippines and the Far East by Homer Clyde Stuntz (1904)
"... 'is being locusted the rice,' meaning 'the locusts are destroying the growing
rice ;' likewise 'was ratted the cheese' for 'the rats nibbled the cheese. ..."
2. Next to the Ground: Chronicles of a Countryside by Martha McCulloch Williams (1902)
"... poisoned by eating " locusted blackberries," or mulberries, or plums, or peaches.
But Joe and Patsy laughed at the tales, ate all the fruit they wanted, ..."
Other Resources:
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