10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAPEHANGER»
Discover the use of
crapehanger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
crapehanger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Word Lover's Delight: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, ...
KOHZ-uhn—to cheat or defraud The unscrupulous psychic cozened Christine out
of her life savings. crapehanger (n.) KREYP-hang-gur—a melancholy person Joe
was such a crapehanger that he would read the obituaries before any other ...
From the Editors of the Captivate Network, 2009
2
Foyle's further philavery: a cornucopia of lexical delights
crapehanger. noun a pessimist $»>Crape was the fabric of mourning in the past,
either in the form of the clothes themselves, or in a band to trim a hat or be worn
as an armband. Someone who is eternally pessimistic and miserable might seem
...
3
Company "A" Twenty-Third Engineers, A.E.F.
Crapehanger — Pessimist. Number Grabbers — Drafted men. Stripe Chaser —
Non-Coms and 'spirants. A. E. F. Pumps — Army Field Shoes. Sanitary Detail —
Camp Cleaners. O. D. — Olive Drap, when used as medicine; a special kind of ...
This was encouraging news until some crapehanger suggested that a foreign
order for l,0(X) aeroplanes meant 1,000 aeroplanes capable of being flown upon
completion. The Parisano Aerial Navigation Co. of America, Inc., of 220 West 42d
...
John Henry Ledeboer, 1915
5
Random House Roget's Thesaurus
... murderous, devastating killjoy n. spoilsport, sourpuss, grouch, malcontent,
crapehanger, worrywart, Cassandra, complainer, grumbler; Slang party-pooper,
wet blanket, dog in the manger, sourball, gloomy Gus kin n family, relatives,
kinfolk, ...
6
Carl's Story; The Persistence of Hope
The boundaries were vanishing, just as the boundary between earth and hell had
been torn open by the Führer, the Austrian crapehanger. Kalman's essence of a
human being was being drowned out by the Nazi killing machine, where cruelty ...
7
Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
... hair usedby actors, esp.for beards and moustache. crap gameAm.,Can.a
gameof craps. crape hanger, crepe hanger Am. col. pessimist: Insteadof saying
thathe thought ournew offices were very nice, he stood around like a
crapehanger.
8
Supreme Court Appellate Division
Mr. Jacob Wilk, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. 321 West 44th Street, New York,
N. Y. Dear Mr. Wilk: Herewith are the following rejections on subjects sent out
from Manuscripts : Bedside Manner The Crapehanger The Grasper The First Aid
for ...
Montgomery C. Harrison, naysayer and crapehanger.” “Yeah, true,” he said. “By
the way, Harry's here too. Your auto court Harry. He brought the checker set you
gave him. He loves that checker set. He wanted to bring his goat too, but there ...
... added to this year's production, makes available 856,000,000 bushels of ONE
ON THE CRAPEHANGER Courtesy of Ncivark Ncivs and Literary Digest wheat,
which, according to officials, will be ample to meet domestic requirements and ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAPEHANGER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
crapehanger is used in the context of the following news items.
Paul, others would have to eat cash to leave teams
At the risk of being a comprehensive crapehanger, before the actual time comes, Knicks management might want to assess what Paul brings to ... «New York Post, Dec 11»
