deathwatch beetle

NOUN

bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death

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`Sinking oh so beautifully under the weight of debts and tax and deathwatch beetle and dangerous wiring and inadequate heating. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE

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