dumbledore n also dumbledor EDD ~ sb 1 s w cties for sense 1.
   1 Bumble-bee.
   P 51-67 Dumbledores make honey. 1970 Evening Telegram 21 May, p. 3 Now and then a dumbledore or 'busy bee' as they are called by some, propelled itself across our path, they being extremely large and heavy this year. 1975 GUY 168 About the best time to visit the Awlin is in June when the dumbleclores is buzzin' around the pissabeds, or as they would say upalong where the language has been watered down to a shocking extent, 'when the bees are buzzing around the dandelions.'
   2 Common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale); PISS-A-BED (1898 J A Folklore xi, 230).
   1975 SCOTT 39 The Dandelion has a number of common names in Newfoundland. These include Dumbledor, Faceclock, and Piss-a-beds.

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