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wasps' nest

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Noun1.wasps' nestwasps' nest - habitation for wasps or hornets
wasp's nest, hornet's nest, hornets' nest
nidus - a nest in which spiders or insects deposit their eggs


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Last night I went with Judy to water the cows and in the spruce bush we found a WASPS' NEST and Judy thought it was AN OLD ONE and she POKED IT WITH A STICK.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
I love to "sit at ease and look down upon the wasps' nest beneath;" to listen to the dull murmur of the human tide ebbing and flowing ceaselessly through the narrow streets and lanes below.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
Bob knew, directly he saw a bird's egg, whether it was a swallow's, or a tomtit's, or a yellow-hammer's; he found out all the wasps' nests, and could set all sort of traps; he could climb the trees like a squirrel, and had quite a magical power of detecting hedgehogs and stoats; and he had courage to do things that were rather naughty, such as making gaps in the hedgerows, throwing stones after the sheep, and killing a cat that was wandering
The Mill on the Floss by Eliot, George View in context
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