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A cockroach.
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An extra curve of material added to the leech (aft edge) of a sail to increase the sail area.
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A kind of headdress worn by some of the indigenous peoples of North America.
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(smoking) Marijuana; cannabis used as a drug.
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(smoking) A butt of a marijuana cigarette.
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(smoking) The filter of a rolled cigarette or joint, made from card or paper.
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A bed or stratum of some mineral.
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Gritty or coarse rock; especially Portland stone or similar limestone.
Examples of roaches in a Sentence
The healers scattered like roaches in daylight.
Of the insects which infest dwellings and prey upon their human inmates, such as fleas, bed-bugs, roaches, &c., Ecuador has more than a bountiful supply.
Flames wriggled up the side of the garage like roaches.
Roaches, for example, will eat the glue from book bindings as well as a host of other things that clutter can provide.
One of the best ways to control roaches in your home is with old fashioned boric acid.
If cockroach allergen is causing asthma attacks, the roaches should be killed (using poison, traps, or boric acid rather than chemicals).
The quiet corner strewn, as usual, with used prophylactics and the crumpled elbows of well-finished roaches.