capsheaf
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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
Belgium herself is the capsheaf atrocity of the war.
From Paths of Glory Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
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 Alonzo Kimball
But the capsheaf come about a year ago, when Nancy had a smart little sum o' money left her,—nigh onto a hunderd dollars.
From Meadow Grass Tales of New England Life by Alice Brown
He further succeeded in convincing the youth that a few years in Italy would add the capsheaf to his talent.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard
