1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence II. xxi. 235 The weevil tribe.
1862 T. W. Harris (ed. 3) 74 In this country weevil-grubs are very common in hazel-nuts, chestnuts, and acorns.
1871 C. Darwin (1890) ii. viii. 208 In some weevil-beetles..there is a great difference between the male and female in the length of the rostrum or snout.
1890 26 July 2/4 Sheepskins.—..Broken and weevil-damaged skins bring from 13/ 4d. to 31/ 4d. per lb.