dingbat
Example Sentences
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The stage-trained actress co-starred with Carroll O'Connor in the series about an unrepentant bigot, the wife he called "Dingbat," their daughter and liberal son-in-law.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2013
This is the Dingbat Age, in which anything can happen.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yes, that is all very well; but it was only a matter of sheer chance that the Patent Dingbat is not in pile No. 1.
From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward
That is a sad tale having to do with running flames, and burned table pieces, not to speak of a melted-down connection or so on the Dingbat.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
But if perchance the Captain and I wished to get up before anybody else could be hired to get up, the Dingbat could be so loaded as to give down an automatic breakfast.
From The Killer by White, Stewart Edward
