doodlebug

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Noun

doodlebug (plural doodlebugs)

1. (informal, British) The V-1 flying bomb.
   • 2009: "The masterpiece that killed George Orwell" by Robert McCrum

     Soon after Richard was adopted, Orwell's flat was wrecked by a doodlebug.

2. (informal) A term of endearment.
3. (entomology) An antlion larva (Myrmeleontidae).
4. (historical, "doodlebug tractor") An automobile converted into a cheap tractor for a small farm during the Second World War.
5. (informal) A slackard or time-waster.
6. (informal) An idiot.
7. (informal) Someone who draws constantly.
8. (informal) A divining rod or similarly intended device.
9. (obsolete) Individual self-propelled train cars.
10. (regional, entomology) A woodlouse.

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