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humblebee
[ huhm-buhl-bee ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of humblebee1
1400–50; late Middle English humbul-be; akin to Dutch hommel drone, German Hummelbiene kind of wild-bee, Middle Low German homelbe; probably akin to hum
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Word History and Origins
Origin of humblebee1
C15: related to Middle Dutch hommel bumblebee, Old High German humbal; see hum
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Example Sentences
A humblebee, a wild bee that makes a great noise, S. Bumble-bee, id.
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In the humblebee the tongue is longer, and it could more easily moisten the hind legs in the way suggested.
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An intoxicated humblebee broke the silence by buzzing into Biddy's fluffed-out, corn-gold hair.
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Humblebee and whortleberry for people that say Woos-ses-ter and Nor-wich.
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A humblebee from the Square Garden boomed in and buzzed idly round the room.
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