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daddy longlegs

[dad-ee-lawng-legz, -long-] / ˈdæd iˈlɔŋˌlɛgz, -ˈlɒŋ- /


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These contraptions look like daddy longlegs with tiny hooks at each foot to hold them in place in the vein.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

If there’s one defining trait of daddy longlegs, it has to be their legs.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 3, 2021

Most memorable was the state campground somewhere in Iowa with the very tall grass and daddy longlegs everywhere.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2021

But it was nothing to be afraid of, they were daddy longlegs.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2019

Considering it, I continued: “Two. Daddy longlegs have eight legs. Therefore, three, daddy longlegs must be spiders.”

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson




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