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- noun Plural form of
musquito .
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Examples
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Pg. 19, unusual or archaic spelling of "musquitos" retained. (musquitos, scorpions, lizards, and centipedes)
Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery Frank Marryat 1840
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Another disagreeable circumstance was, that the gentlemen were incessantly tormented with the stings of a cloud of musquitos.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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Another disagreeable circumstance was, that the gentlemen were incessantly tormented with the stings of a cloud of musquitos.
Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, Performed by Captain James Cook 2003
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"And that," said another, as a whole swarm of iron musquitos buzzed by him, "is what we Americans call variations on Yankee Doodle."
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 Various
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In fact, my notion of "twisting in and out" so often mentioned, was immediately pronounced as a trap for musquitos, scorpions, and such like.
Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island Julia de Winton
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At night the prisoners were confined; two together, in a damp stone cell, with scarcely a rag of bedding, and bugs and musquitos infesting every corner.
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As we entered this savanna, we were enveloped in clouds of musquitos, and swarms of galinippers, that threatened to devour us.
Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave, Charles Ball 1859
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Toney said, we need not look for the cattle here; no cattle could live amongst these musquitos, and
Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave, Charles Ball 1859
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The clothes I had on, which were nothing but a shirt and trowsers of tow linen, afforded no protection even against the musquitos, which were much larger than those found along the Chesapeake Bay; and nothing short of a covering of leather could have defended me against the galinippers.
Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave, Charles Ball 1859
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We waited a few minutes for the alligator to rise to the surface, but were soon compelled by the musquitos, to quit this place.
Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave, Charles Ball 1859
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