Beetle picked
Dear All,
what can be meant by "beetle-picked" in this context?
His eyes are gone, his face a beetle-picked horror show.
Sam Lloyd "The Memory Wood"
Top answer
The beetles have been picking at it. This "beetle-picked" is a nonce word, and a good one. It's a child picking at his food and a workman digging at clay and all the different connotations of this realm of "pick", with a dollop of onomatopoeia on top.
- The beetles have been picking at it.
- This "beetle-picked" is a nonce word, and a good one.
- It's a child picking at his food and a workman digging at clay and all the different connotations of this realm of "pick", with a dollop of onomatopoeia on top.
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The beetles have been picking at it. This "beetle-picked" is a nonce word, and a good one. It's a child picking at his food and a workman digging at clay and all the different connotations of this realm of "pick", with a dollop of onomatopoeia on top.
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