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crotonbug
or Cro·ton bug
[ kroht-n-buhg ]
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crotonbug1
1855–60, Americanism; allegedly after the Croton Reservoir in Westchester Co., N.Y.; its opening in 1842 was supposedly coincident with a rise in New York City's cockroach population; bug 1
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