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Wasps' nest   /wɑsps nɛst/   Listen
Wasps' nest

noun
1.
Habitation for wasps or hornets.  Synonyms: hornet's nest, hornets' nest, wasp's nest.





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... "The black old scamp had carbonaro funds on a deposit—two hundred and eighty thousand; and of course he gambled it away on stocks. There was to have been a revolution in the Tridentino, or Parma; but the revolution is off, and the whole wasps' nest is after Huddlestone. We shall all be lucky if we can save ...
— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson


Words linked to "Wasps' nest" :   nidus


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