boll weevil
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.31 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A beetle (Anthonomus grandis) measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds on cotton buds and flowers, native to Central America.
Example Sentences
- "“[…]What do you reckon the boll-weevils’ll eat if you dont^([sic]) get those cultivators in shape to raise them a crop?” I says, “sage grass?”"
- "As the veteran columnist John Chamberlain put it back in 1982, the ATARI Democrats ‘include many of the Southern “boll weevil” contingent that has supported Reagan on taxes, [and]^([sic]) is for using government to channel investment money to the newer “high tech” industries."