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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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