BEDBUG
NOUNS
1530 ► PUNAISE a bedbug; also, of various kinds of bug or similar insect → obs.
1655 ► WANT-LOUSE a bedbug, a bug → obs.
19C.. ► CREEPERS bedbugs, body lice, fleas, etc.; anything that makes your flesh creep when they creep over your flesh → Brit. sl.
1853 ► B FLAT a bedbug, a bug
1864 ► MAHOGANY FLAT the bedbug, Cimex lectularius
1893 ► FLAT-BACK a bedbug → sl. (Bk.)
1899 ► SEAM RAT a bedbug, a flea → Amer. dial.
1899 ► SEAM SQUIRREL a bedbug, a flea → Amer. dial.
20C.. ► CHINCH a bedbug → US sl.
1900 ► CRUMB a bedbug, a louse → Amer. sl.
1906 ► CRIMSON RAMBLER a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1910 ► B.B. a bedbug → US sl.
1911 ► REDCOAT a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1929 ► JACK-SNAPPER a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1936 ► CRAWLING ELEPHANTS bedbugs → Amer. dial.
1949 ► LIGHT INFANTRY bedbugs, body lice, and fleas → US sl.
1950 ► GRAYBACK a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1950 ► SCARLET RUNNER a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1965 ► COOTIE a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1966 ► BED TICK a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1966 ► TICK a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1968 ► PILLOW PIGEON a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1969 ► CRAWLING COMPANY a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1969 ► HEMLOCK BUG a bedbug → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CLINKERS bedbugs → sl.
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