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beetle-crusher en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (Australia, UK, dated, slang) A large, flat foot.
   • "Think of Arthur, his height! And those great beetle-crushers!" 1903, M. F. Hutchinson, Princess Kiku, New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, page 11:
2. (Australia, UK, dated, derogatory, slang) A person with large, flat feet.
   • [T]he Puddin' merely laughed scornfully, and called Bill a bun-headed old beetle-crusher. 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 88:
   • The Chinese New Year commenced in Sydney yesterday, the Mongolian Empire, and wherever the beetle-crusher of a native of the Flowery Land hops along beneath a bamboo stick and a pair of baskets. 1888 February 13, The Australian Star, Sydney, page 2, column 3:
   • When was first torn from my native; element I was not the grey, worn-out "beetle-crusher" that you see me now. 1922 October 26, The Farmer's Advocate, Melbourne, page 12:

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Synonyms

beetle-squasher