woebegone
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It was just five days after she took her final bows as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone, a coarse but determined marriage candidate in “Once Upon a Mattress,” and the applause was thunderous.
From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2024
Woebegone Victor sets off to retrieve the prize, which turns out to be modeled on the lavalier of de Maupassant’s short story.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2015
See how much mud and slime cover the beaches of Lake Woebegone now.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2011
Possible title for Phil Jackson's inevitable tome about his final NBA season if his team's playoff fortunes don't do a quick about-face: "Laker Woebegone."
From Seattle Times • May 7, 2011
Woebegone even at the best of times, the salesman is having one of his worse days.
From Time Magazine Archive
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