Norfolk Howard
(UK, obsolete, slang) A bedbug.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
(UK, obsolete, slang) A bedbug.
Origin: Said to be an allusion to a person named Ephraim Bug, who advertised that in the future he would call himself by the more aristocratic name of Norfolk Howard. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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