battle-twig

Noun

 * 1)  An earwig
 * 2) * 1929, Up He Goes! (from Pansies) in The Complete Poems, page 553
 * There isn't a damn thing in 'em,
 * They're as empty as empty tins;
 * they haven't the spunk of a battle-twig,
 * an' all they can think of is sins.
 * an' all they can think of is sins.