tree cricket

[ tree krik-it ]

noun

1. cricket11

Word History and Origins

Origin of tree cricket¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

The rules of the tree cricket world, sexually speaking, are simple.

From Science News

There is no doubt that Tommy Tree Cricket thought very well of his own fiddling.

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But it seemed to him that as the night lengthened 73 Tommy Tree Cricket fiddled all the faster.

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Chirpy found Tommy Tree Cricket in the tangle of raspberry bushes beyond the garden.

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Tommy Tree Cricket was already fiddling away 69 as if it were the last night of the summer.

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So profound, that the chirp of a tree cricket, even the rustling of a leaf, would seem a loud noise.

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