10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRACKBRAINED»
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Idiocy: A Cultural History
crackbrained. knave': folly,. politics. and. scottish. identity. in. Waverley. Sir.
Walter Scott's 1814 novel Waverley, or 'Tis Sixty Years Since, tells the story of
young Edward Waverley's involvement in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, which
marked ...
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Pocket Oxford English Dictionary
204 crackbrained adj. informal very foolish. crackdown n. a series of severe
measures against undesirable or illegal behaviour. cracked adj. informal mad;
crazy. cracker n. 1 a paper cylinder which, when pulled apart, makes a sharp
noise and ...
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The United Service Magazine
... The people are crackbrained — altogether crackbrained — crack-brain-ed.' I
had no difficulty "in recognising our favourite Lieut. Schiller by his pet phrase, and
I therefore went up to him. " He stared at me for a while, in silence, with such ...
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The United Service Magazine
... loud voice, ' The people are crackbrained — altogether crackbrained — crack-
brain-ed.' 1 had no difficulty Jin recognising our favourite Lieut. Schuler by his pet
phrase, and I therefore went up to him. " He stared at me for a while, in silence, ...
Arthur William Alsager Pollock, 1846
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Sermons Preached at Boyle's Lecture;: Remarks Upon a ...
And then the sentence will run thus : That none else presume to be guides to
others in speculative points of religion, but either artificial designing men or
crackbrained enthusiasts. Now the man is in his true colours ; and though he
blundered ...
Richard Bentley, Alexander Dyce, Sir Isaac Newton, 1838
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The works of Richard Bentley, collected and ed. by A. Dyce
Richard Bentley Alexander Dyce. to say thus : No man must take Euclid or
Archimedes, our Leibnitz or your Newton, or any one else dead or living, for his
guide in speculation : they were designing men, or else crackbrained enthusiasts
, when ...
Richard Bentley, Alexander Dyce, 1838
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The Works of Richard Bentley
Richard Bentley, Sir Isaac Newton Alexander Dyce. to say thus : No man must
take Euclid or Archimedes, our Leibnitz or your Newton, or any one else dead or
living, for his guide in speculation : they were designing men, or else
crackbrained ...
Richard Bentley, Alexander Dyce, Sir Isaac Newton, 1838
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... master, masterful, masterly, skilled, skillful rel excellent, superior crackbrain n
syn CRACKPOT, crank, cuckoo, ding-a-ling, hart,brain, kook, lunatic, nut,
screwball idiom cracked wit crackbrained adj syn INSANE 1, cracked, crackers,
cracky.
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
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Oxford American Desk Dictionary & Thesaurus
crackbrained. synonyms n. 1 a crack in the glass split, break, chip, fracture,
rupture. 2 a crack between two rocks space, gap, crevice, fissure, cleft, cranny,
chink. 3 bang, report, explosion, detonation, clap, crash. 4 a crack on the head
blow, ...
Oxford University Press, 2010
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Pocket Oxford American Dictionary and Thesaurus
crackbrained. 176. crap. crape 177 cream. synonyms n. 1 a crack in the glass
split, break, chip, fracture, rupture. 2 a crack between two rocks space, gap,
crevice, fissure, cleft, cranny, chink. 3 bang, report, explosion, detonation, clap,
crash.
Oxford University Press, 2010
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRACKBRAINED»
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crackbrained is used in the context of the following news items.
Daily Telegraph July 6 1915
... gets it in the neck from the Telegraph's New York correspondent for his Germanness and his accompanying “crackbrained notions” – page 9. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
Politics and Prejudices: Turning on Snyder
A few were tea party crazies: non-thinking, irrational believers in the crackbrained idea that all taxes are bad, and the roads can somehow be ... «Detroit Metro Times, Mar 15»
Long March with bra-burning Bill
Dutschke died in 1979 but his madcap metaphor survived within enclaves of the crackbrained Left and now, apparently, in the policy of the ... «The Australian, Jan 15»
Two Stooges grow up in 'Dumb and Dumber To'
... young co-star Rachel Melvin as her crackbrained daughter, and even a bawdy dog) it feels like everyone's hormonal clock is unbalanced. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Nov 14»
MONSTROUS AMERICA
Gravey's notebook provides the opening “Part” and, in a crackbrained modulation of Butler's vernacular, details the rise of his cult. He inspires ... «Brooklyn Rail, Nov 14»
Falling in love with medieval armed combat
The interminable duns and khakis of La Mancha are the same that Don Quixote roamed across in his crackbrained quest for adventure. «BBC News, Jun 14»
White Beech: The Rainforest Years by Germaine Greer – review
She describes how her "crackbrained enterprise" early in the endeavour seemed blessed by a bird that emerged out of the raspberries when ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»
On Cooking Southern: Go Nuts
Nuttier'n a fruitcake: (Also “nutty as a fruitcake” or “he/she's a fruitcake”) Crackbrained or crazy. Not just Southern, the expression originated in ... «HottyToddy.com, Dec 13»
Our five faves of the moment: 'The World's End,' Questlove's 'Mo …
“The World's End” is such a blissful, crackbrained extravaganza that you hope the end never arrives. 2 At 42, Questlove isn't ready to write a ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Aug 13»
Outrageous satire by the pint in 'World's End'
“The World's End” is such a blissful crackbrained extravaganza you hope the end never arrives. Colin Covert • 612-673-7186 • Follow on ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Aug 13»
