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Meaning of Norfolk Howard | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A bedbug.

UK, obsolete, slang

Examples

“All the insects he had sorted, / Placed in paper bags the insects, / In one bag the Norfolk Howards, / In one bag the fleas, the Jumpers […]”

“Speaking of advertising changes of name, a title by which those lodging-house pests, bugs, are now often known, that of Norfolk Howards, is derived from an advertisement in which one Ephraim Bug avowed his intention of being for the future known as Norfolk Howard.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Norfolk Island Norfolk Island pine Norfolk Island star pine Norfolk Islander Norfolk jacket Norfolk pine