hornet's nest
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I was a refugee from "hornets'-nest" Mecklenburg, also bent upon revenge.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis
Let us look,' said the lama, and he led from the white road across the fields; walking into a very hornets'-nest of pariah dogs.
From Kim by Kipling, Rudyard
