"battle-twig" meaning in All languages combined

See battle-twig on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: battle-twigs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} battle-twig (plural battle-twigs)
  1. (UK, dialect) An earwig Tags: UK, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Earwigs
    Sense id: en-battle-twig-en-noun-KIqnBmqI Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "Insects",
            "Arthropods",
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            "Nature"
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          "ref": "1885, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “The Spinster's Sweet-Arts”, in Tiresias, and Other Poems, page 111:",
          "text": "An' the wool of a thistle a-flyin' an' seeädin' tha haäted to see;\n 'Twur as bad as a battle-twig 'ere i' my oän blue chaumber to me.",
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          "text": "1929 D. H. Lawrence, Up He Goes! (from Pansies) in The Complete Poems, page 553 https://books.google.com/books?id=dHB_YjKlyIgC&lpg=PA66&dq=%22battle-twig%22&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q=%22battle-twig%22&f=false\nThere isn't a damn thing in 'em,\nThey're as empty as empty tins;\nthey haven't the spunk of a battle-twig,\nan' all they can think of is sins."
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