What does doodlebug mean?
Doodlebug means (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb..
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/ˈduːdl̩ˌbʌɡ/ · noun
(informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb..
Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
Common names for woodlice vary throughout the English-speaking world. They include roly-poly, pill bug (usually applied only to the genus Armadillidium), sow bug, doodle bug, carpenter (Newfoundland),[…] cheesybug (Kent), and cheeselog.
Use doodlebug when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Doodlebug means (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb..
Common synonyms include buzz bomb, ant lion, antlion, flying bomb.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.
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