capsheaf
Example Sentences
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After Mr. Roosevelt signed, Mr. Cummings observed that this measure "puts the capsheaf" on Mr. Roosevelt's long fight for court reform.
From Time Magazine Archive
But once they got the place, 'twas aisy to see that Dick meant to get rid o' Caleb, an' the capsheaf was put last year, about his Dog, old Turk.
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
Ah!" chanted the old lady, with a fierce glint and a mock-persuasive smile, "add the crowning word, the capsheaf.
From Kincaid's Battery by Kimball, Alonzo
Sammy was in evil repute in the neighborhood in any case; this was considered the capsheaf.
From The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Hill, Grace Brooks
But this is the capsheaf of all his didoes.
From Ruth Fielding at Lighthouse Point Nita, the Girl Castaway by Emerson, Alice B.
