Meanings (ES + gloss)
bola de alcanfor • bola de naftalina
A small ball of chemical pesticide (originally camphor and now typically naphthalene or paradichlorobenzene) and deodorant placed in or around clothing and other articles to deter moth larvae which may damage them.
Me and Solly, as I now called him, prepared to shake off our moth-balls and wing our way against the arc-lights of the joyous and tuneful East.
There were two carloads of equipments. Upon their return to the armory the blankets were shook and repacked with mothballs; […]
Phrases
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