Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A caterpillar of the tiger-moth: generally with the qualifying term hairy. See
palmer-worm .
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Examples
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This feckless hairy oubit cam 'hirpling by the linn,
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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It was a hairy oubit, sac proud he crept alabg 330
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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A swirl o 'wind cam' doun the glen, and blew that oubit in.
The Book of Humorous Verse Various 1902
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This feckless hairy oubit cam 'hirpling by the linn,
Andromeda and Other Poems Charles Kingsley 1847
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A swirl o 'wind cam' doun the glen, and blew that oubit in:
Andromeda and Other Poems Charles Kingsley 1847
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{260} Found among Sandy Mackaye's papers, of a hairy oubit who would not mind his mother.
Andromeda and Other Poems Charles Kingsley 1847
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