haarskeerder, noun

/ˈhɑː(r)ˌskɪə(r)də(r)/
Forms:
Formerly also haar-scheerder.
Origin:
Afrikaans, South African DutchShow more Afrikaans (earlier South African Dutch haarscheerder), haar hair + skeerder cutter; see quotations 1966 and 1970.
jagspinnekop.
1905 [see roman sense 2].
1966 E. Palmer Plains of Camdeboo 237Our servants..swear that at night they (sc. Solifugae) get into the hair of sleeping people and snip it off, and this is a very general belief for haarskeerder, or hair-clipper is one of their common names.
1970 C. Kinsley Informant, Koegasbrug, Northern CapeHaarskeerder. A big red spider that is supposed to cut your hair while you sleep. Uses it to line his nest.
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