(Geordie) An earwig ( spp.).
(Geordie) An earwig ( spp.).
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A British dialect name for an earwig (Forficula auricularia), named for the insect's prominent rear pincers that give it a fighting appearance. The earwig's scientific genus name Forficula refers to its scissor-like appendages. 'Battle-twig' is one of many colorful British dialect names for the earwig.
(UK, dialect) An earwig.
Any of the genus of damselflies.
A flatterer.
(British, Ireland, colloquial, dated) A telling-off or reprimand.