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Mosquito net   /məskˈitoʊ nɛt/   Listen
Mosquito net

noun
1.
A fine net or screen (especially around beds) to protect against mosquitos.





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"Mosquito net" Quotes from Famous Books



... deaf. She sleeps; while rats, attracted by the foul sores of the scrofulous child, enter and attack the infant in its cradle. The child gets thinner and weaker every day; then dies. A terrible creature is the rat." So much for the opinion of Nippon. Kibei had brought a mosquito net. Its edges were weighted down with heavy stones. Thus the watchers could not be taken by surprise. Under its protection the sick man ...
— The Yotsuya Kwaidan or O'Iwa Inari - Tales of the Tokugawa, Volume 1 (of 2) • James S. De Benneville
... him again, I said to myself, I would stop that. I took with me a gun, fishing rods and tackle, a mosquito net, plenty of cigars and a hamper of tinned meats, tea, ...
— Crowded Out! and Other Sketches • Susie F. Harrison


Words linked to "Mosquito net" :   screen


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