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- noun A small gray or brown weevil (Anthonomus grandis) of southern North America and Central America that damages cotton crops by laying eggs in and feeding on buds and bolls.
- noun Informal A conservative white Southern Democrat in the US House of Representatives, especially during the second half of the 20th century.
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- noun
beetle measuring an average length of six millimeters (¼ inch), which feeds oncotton buds and flowers, native to Central America
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- noun greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton
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Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
noun
Date: 1895
: a usually grayish or brown weevil (Anthonomus grandis grandis) that feeds on the squares and bolls of the cotton plant
The Boll Weevil Song lyrics as sung by Eddie Cochran
wah-hoo)
well the boll weevil is a little black bug
come from a-mexico they say
came all the way to texas
just a-lookin' for a place to stay
just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home
(doo-doo-wop-wop)
well the first time that i seen the boll weevil
he was a-sittin' on the square
well the next time that i seen him
he had his a-family there
just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home
(doo-doo-wop-wop)
well the farmer took the boll weevil
and he put him on the red hot sand
well the weevil said this is a-mighty hot
but i take it like a man
this will be my home, this will be my home
well the f armer took the boll weevil
and he put him on a keg of ice
well the weevil said to the farmer
this is mighty cool and nice
this will be my home, this will be my home
(doo-doo-wop-wop)
well if anybody should ask you
who it was who sang this song
say a guitar picker from a-oklahoma city
with a pair of blue jeans on
just a-lookin' for a home, just a-lookin' for a home
(doo-doo-wop-wop)
February 4, 2008
john commented on the word boll weevil
“To get his budget and tax bills through the House, Reagan needed support from conservative Democrats, many of them from Texas, known as ‘Boll Weevils.’�?
The New York Times, Obama’s Reagan Transformation?, by Lou Cannon, January 27, 2009
January 28, 2009
goodkitten commented on the word boll weevil
i destroyed south carolina's cotton MWAHAHAHA
June 19, 2012