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chafer
[ chey-fer ]
noun
- any scarabaeid beetle.
chafer
/ ˈtʃeɪfə /
noun
- any of various scarabaeid beetles, such as the cockchafer and rose chafer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chafer1
before 1000; Middle English cheaffer, chaver, Old English ceofor; akin to German Käfer
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chafer1
Old English ceafor; related to Old Saxon kevera, Old High German chevar
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Example Sentences
I am not such a heel-chafer as an old leather shoe in spring.
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A single eye in his head, as broad as an oxhide, as black as a chafer, with three pupils therein.
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Wide as an oxhide was the single eye protruding from his forehead, with seven pupils therein, which were black as a chafer.
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The chafer was associated with the sun in Egypt, the broken egg engaged the attention of the thinking in Tibet.
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A dark brown fly somewhat resembling the 'chafer replaced the stretcher.
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