A cockchafer came droning over the hedge and past us.    From Wordnik.com.  [The War of the Worlds] Reference

A great cockchafer came flying past; he caught sight of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference

Bargeton held him fast by this clue, as a child holds a cockchafer by a string.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Distinguished Provincial at Paris] Reference

There you sit rustling my dress like a cockchafer in a paper-bag, and making me laugh with contempt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scenes from a Courtesan's Life] Reference

Oh, dear! how terrified poor little Thumbelina was when the cockchafer flew off with her to the tree!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference

"If you call someone a 'cockchafer,'" Mr. McCourt asked with a giggle, "what would you be calling them?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Moby's Porno Ahab] Reference

All this the signora understood, and felt much interest as she saw her cockchafer whirl round upon her pin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barchester Towers] Reference

He asked the most distinguished-looking cockchafer they met if he knew where they could find the King of the Peacocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Fairy Book] Reference

The Signora spitted him, as a boy does a cockchafer on a cork, that she might enjoy the energetic agony of his gyrations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barchester Towers] Reference

‘Sire,’ replied the cockchafer, ‘his kingdom is thirty thousand leagues from this; you have come the longest way.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Fairy Book] Reference

‘Oh!’ said the cockchafer, ‘we all know you very well, since we spend two or three months in your garden every year.’.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Red Fairy Book] Reference

M. de Bargeton pervaded the house like a cockchafer; it never entered his head that his wife could wish to be alone with Lucien.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Poets] Reference

'But I think the season of the cockchafer is over.'.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Golden Calf] Reference

"Give up yez sword, or I'll make a cockchafer of ye.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Gil the Gunner The Youngest Officer in the East] Reference

Thumbelina was when the cockchafer flew off with her to the tree!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Yellow Fairy Book] Reference

But the cockchafer did not trouble himself at all about the matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference

'Yes, and a fat old cockchafer hitting you in the eye when you walked home.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life's Handicap] Reference

"Now's our last chance," said The Cat, wheeling like a cockchafer on a pin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day's Work - Volume 1] Reference

"They turned into cockchafer beetles, as a matter of fact," said Ulyth drily.    From Wordnik.com.  [For the Sake of the School] Reference

Its escape was as hopeless as a poor cockchafer pinned by a cruel boy to a board.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand] Reference

Oh, how frightened little Tiny felt when the cockchafer flew with her to the tree!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen] Reference

The cockchafer now shows us how to eat sideways; but this is merely an accessory detail.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals] Reference

The idea came into my head a long while ago, and the cockchafer has just reminded me of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals] Reference

"Down upon us? ay! I wish her skipper was boxed up safe along with young cockchafer yonder.".    From Wordnik.com.  [In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"] Reference

'' Where is the use of fun? 'said the cockchafer to the boy who was spinning it,' said Anne.    From Wordnik.com.  [Abbeychurch] Reference

A cockchafer buzzed by, a moth flew in his face, the music stopped, and little Jon drew his head in.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Forsyte Saga - Complete] Reference

The cockchafer noticed this, and summoned his sisters to play with her; but they only stared rudely, and said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Olive Fairy Book] Reference

And now the cockchafer who had flown off with little Thumbelina thought he had been rather foolish to admire her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk] Reference

"What do you mean?" asked Dan, looking as if he found Demi almost as amusing as a new sort of cockchafer or beetle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Little Men] Reference

The red cups that grew in the moss held as much dew as she wanted, and the cockchafer had taught her how to get honey.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Olive Fairy Book] Reference

Unluckily, a great cockchafer, who was buzzing over the river, happened to catch sight of her, and caught her up in his claws.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Olive Fairy Book] Reference

"Because," rejoined the cockchafer, "you and we are old acquaintances, for we spend two or three months in your gardens every year.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Bo-Peep Story Books] Reference

A creature like a great humble-bee or cockchafer flew past his face; but it could be neither, for there were no insects amongst the ice.    From Wordnik.com.  [At the Back of the North Wind] Reference