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skutchy-bell
skutchy-bell [ skúchee bèl ] (plural skutchy-bells)


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. regional 
Same as  earwig
[Probably <scutch "two-pronged pick" < variant of scotch1, because the pincers of the insect resemble the prongs]
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