EARWIG
NOUNS
► BATTLE-TWIG an earwig → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BEETLE-WIG an earwig → 1595 obs.
► CAT-OF-NINE-TAILS an earwig → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CAT WITH TWO TAILS an earwig → 1790 Eng. dial.
► CLIP-SHEAR ► CLIP-SHEARS the earwig → 1898 Sc.
► COACHBELL a Scotch name of the earwig → 1890 Sc. (Bk.)
► EAR-PIERCER the earwig → 1875
► EARWICK an earwig → 1888 (Bk.)
► EARYWIG an earwig → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FORKY-TAIL the earwig → 1894 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GALLACHER an earwig → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► HAIRY-WIG the earwig → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANY-FEET a general name for earwigs, woodlice, etc.; the centipede → 1658 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► NARROW-WRIGGLE an earwig → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEAR-WIGGLE an earwig → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PHILISTINES earwigs or other such insects → L17 Eng. dial.
► PINCHER BUG an earwig → 1968 Amer. dial.
► PINCHERWIG the earwig → 1886 Eng. dial.
► SCODGEBELL the earwig → 1915 Sc.
► SCODGIE the earwig → 1915 Sc.
► SCOTCHBELL the earwig → 1915 Sc.
► SCOTCHBOLT the earwig → 1915 Sc.
► SCOTCHIE the earwig → 1915 Sc.
► TWINGE an earwig → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TWITCH an earwig → 1790 Eng. dial., obs.
► TWITCH-BALLOCK an earwig → 1634 Eng. dial. obs.
► TWITCH-BELL an earwig → 1722 Eng. dial.
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