COCKROACH
NOUNS
► BLACK-CLOCK a cockroach; a black beetle → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BLACK-JACK a cockroach → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DOY a cockroach; a beetle → 19C Eng. dial.
► KACKERLAKE ► KAKKERLAK a cockroach → 1813
► KAKAROCH a cockroach → 1665 obs.
► PARSON a cockroach; any small black beetle → 1790 Eng. dial.
► ROACH a cockroach → 1848 sl., chiefly US
► TWITCH-CLOCK a cockroach → 1843 obs.
► TWITCH-CLOG a cockroach → 1876 obs.
► WATER BUG a cockroach, esp. a large one, or a similar insect → 1875 Amer. dial.
► WATER ROACH a cockroach, esp. a large one → 1864 Amer. dial.
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