Philisʹtines (3 syl.)
.Earwigs and other insect tormentors are so called in Norfolk. Bailiffs, constables, etc. “The Philistines are upon thee, Samson” (Judges xvi.).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.