seam-squirrels
seam-squirrel
A louse that has infested clothing or linens. Typically used in the plural. No way am I staying in such a crappy motel! Their beds are probably crawling with seam-squirrels! Our uniforms were so thoroughly infested with seam-squirrels that there was nothing left to do but burn them.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
seam-squirrels
n. lice. (see also pants rabbits. Contrived.) I got an itch. Must be seam-squirrels.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- seam-squirrel
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- peepers
- et aliae
- et alia
- gunboat
- gunboats
- battleships