DCHP-1 Online
bug ((1)) 1 [? < F bougie lantern, candle] 
n. See 1950 quote.
- 1922 (1924) In front of me danced the vague shadow of Harry and the dim light thrown before him by the "bug."
- 1950 There was a hasty search for flashlights and "bugs," which were simply tin cans with a hole in the side through which a candle protruded. . . .
- 1963 In place of flashlights, they made [in the Yukon] what they called bugs out of empty . . . syrup cans.
- 1922 (1924) In front of me danced the vague shadow of Harry and the dim light thrown before him by the "bug."