Battle-twig

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An earwig UK, dialectal

    "An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see; 'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me."

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"An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see; 'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me."

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