beggar's lice
little seeds that stick to your clothes from walking in the woods. It's a humorous term and suggest the "victim" could not get real lice and could only get beggar's "lice".
beg·gar's lice (bgrz)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Any of several plants, such as the stickseed, having small, often prickly fruits that cling readily to clothing or animal fur.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.
beg·gar's lice (bgrz)
n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
1. Any of several plants, such as the stickseed, having small, often prickly fruits that cling readily to clothing or animal fur.
2. The fruit of any of these plants.
I justed came from a hike and my pants are covered with beggar's lice.