croton-bugn.
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A name given in parts of the U.S. to the Cockroach, Blatta orientalis, and other species of the same genus. The name is said to be derived from the Croton river, Westchester county, New York, the suggestion being that these insects became abundant in New York about the time (1842) that the Croton aqueduct brought water to the city.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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- give a person the push
- give a person the revolt
- give a person the road
- give a person the rough edge of one's tongue
- give a person the runaround
- give a person the rush
- give a person the sack
- give a person the screaming habdabs
- give a person the shits
- give a person the shoot
- give a person the sick
- give a person the silent treatment
- give a person the tomtits
- give a person the verbal
- give a person the verbals
- give a person the wall
- give a person the works
- give a person the worst
- give a person the worst of it
- give a person the worst on it
- give a person their cards
- give a person thing) the fingers
- give a person time
- give a person to believe, know, note, understand