† ˈhumbledory Obs.
[Cf. humble-bee, drumble-dore, -drone, Du. hommel a drone, and dor n.1]
A drone.
| 1555 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlviii. 153 Not to lye in corners lyke humbledoryes, eatyng up the honey of the bees. |
† ˈhumbledory Obs.
[Cf. humble-bee, drumble-dore, -drone, Du. hommel a drone, and dor n.1]
A drone.
| 1555 in Strype Eccl. Mem. (1721) III. App. xlviii. 153 Not to lye in corners lyke humbledoryes, eatyng up the honey of the bees. |
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