Dumbledore

/ˈdʌm.bəl.dɔː/ · noun

Meaning

(dialectal, archaic, dated) A bumblebee..

Definitions by Sense

1. (dialectal, archaic, dated) A bumblebee.
2. (dialectal) A beetle, typically a cockchafer or dung beetle.
3. (dialectal) A dandelion.
4. (slang) A blundering person.

Example Sentences

Those slopes of fresh turf, embroidered with every minute blossom of the moor — thyme, birdsfoot, eyebright, and dwarf purple thistle, buzzed and hummed over by busy, black-tailed, yellow-banded dumbledores.

A shaded lamp and a waving blind, / And the beat of a clock from a distant floor: / On this scene enter – winged, horned, and spined – / A longlegs, a moth, and a dumbledore —

Now and then a dumbledore or ‘busy bee’ as they are called by some, propelled itself across our path, they being extremely large and heavy this year.

A dumbledore, lured from the plantation, lies on its back, leaping and churning upon Seth’s bright pages.

others may need to be informd that a blastnashun straddlebob is a dumbledore, that is to say, a polyonymous lamellicorn coleopter, cald also a dorbeetle, a dorbug, a maybeetle, a maybug, a cockchafer, a Melolontha vulgaris.

The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledore, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds.

“Miserable dumbledores!” / “Right, William, and so they be—miserable dumbledores!” said the choir with unanimity.

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• dumbledores
• dumble-dor
• drumbledore
• dumbledor

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