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Hunter
·noun A dog that scents game, or is trained to the chase; a hunting dog.
II. Hunter ·noun One who h...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Bug
·noun A bugbear; anything which terrifies.
II. Bug ·noun One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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bug
A nick name given by the Irish to Englishmen; bugs having, as it is said, been introduced into Irela...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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bug
In the United States coleopterous insects are invariably called bugs; thus May bug, June bug, golden...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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bug
to bend. Kent. Bug up.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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bug
An old term for a vessel more remarkable in size than efficiency.
Thus, when Drake fell upon Cadiz...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Head-hunter
·noun A member of any tribe or race of savages who have the custom of decapitating human beings and ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Widow-hunter
·noun One who courts widows, seeking to marry one with a fortune.
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carrion hunter
An undertaker; called also a cold cook, and death hunter.
See cold cook and death hunter.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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death hunter
An undertaker, one who furnishes the necessary articles for funerals.
See carrion hunter.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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pot hunter
One who hunts more tor the sake of the prey than the sport. Pot valiant; courageous from drink. Potw...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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tuft hunter
A it anniversary parasite, one who courts the acquaintance of nobility, whose caps are adorned with ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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gold-hunter
n. searcher after gold.
1852. G. S. Rutter [Title]:
«Hints to Gold-hunters.»
1890. Rolf Boldrewoo...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Boat bug
·- An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta;
— so called from swimming on its back, whi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Croton bug
·- A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common abo...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Kissing bug
·add. ·- Any one of several species of blood-sucking, venomous Hemiptera that sometimes bite the lip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Pinacate bug
·add. ·- Any of several clumsy, wingless beetles of the genus Eleodes, found in the Pacific States.
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Sea bug
·- A <<Chiton>>.
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Water bug
·- The Croton bug.
II. Water bug ·- Any one of numerous species of large, rapacious, aquatic, hemip...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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to bug
A cant word among journeymen hatters, signifying the exchanging some of the dearest materials of whi...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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june-bug
the green beetle. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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may-bug
the brown cock-chafer. Kent.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose