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grasshopper
Plant-eating insect. Its enlarged hind legs make it a powerful jumper. The forewings are leathery and the hind wings are membranous and fan-shaped; when the insect is at rest, the ...
grasshopper
The grasshopper, with its chirping sound, is sometimes taken as a type of something frivolous and trivial.In biblical translations, grasshopper is sometimes used for locust, as in Ecclesiastes 12:1, ...
Grasshopper
In the 1930s the grasshopper, supposedly named for the jumpy effect it produced, was a temperance drink made of lemon juice, orange juice, a raw egg, sugar, and ice. The ...
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (19 ed.)
... The grasshoppers on London signboards of goldsmiths, bankers and others commemorated...
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The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
... n. slang any small military observation or liaison light aircraft....
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America (2 ed.)
...for grasshopper brownies, grasshopper bars, grasshopper milkshakes, and the like, usually...
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The Diner’s Dictionary (2 ed.)
... A cocktail consisting of equal amounts of green crème de menthe , white (i.e....
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The Oxford Companion to Food (2 ed.)
... the name used for insects of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, with legs...
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World Encyclopedia
... Plant-eating insect. Its enlarged hind legs make it a powerful jumper. The forewings...
