Lexicographical Neighbors of Pinchbug
Literary usage of Pinchbug
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"... He had but one marring thought; he was willing that the dog should play with
his pinchbug, but he did not think it was upright in him to carry it off. ..."
2. Americanisms: The English of the New World by Maximilian Schele De Vere (1872)
"... and the German Petz Keffer (Petz-kafer) of Pennsylvania has been Americanized
by a third metamorphosis into pinchbug, while the larva of the ant-lion is ..."
3. The American Entomologist edited by Benjamin Dann Walsh, Charles V Riley, George Vasey (1880)
"... indeed, that it is rarely we can safely use the definite article the in alluding
to them. Of what specific value are such common names as " pinchbug," ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain by Mark Twain (1899)
"that had lately been the pinchbug's prison, and the boys separated, each feeling
wealthier than before. When Tom reached the little isolated frame ..."
5. A Basket of Chips: A Varied Assortment of Poems and Sketches by Joseph Bert Smiley (1888)
"inquired another. "Guess it must be a game chicken," said another. "Look- et its
comb, an' spurs!" "Must be a oo-ver-growed pinchbug," remarked another. ..."
6. Report of the State Mineralogist by California State Mining Bureau (1919)
"... Dragon Fly Extension and the pinchbug, containing 60 acres and covering a
length along the channel of 1300'. It is situated on the Middle Fork of the ..."
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