scare-head
noun
a headline in exceptionally large type.
scarehead,
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a variation of
scare-head.
Example Sentences
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With World War II it was surer than shellfire that somebody would brush the dust off this old scarehead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since the war's beginning no week has passed without scarehead rumors and wishful guesses as to the state of the world's oil supply.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under the scarehead Has 'Polio' Hit the Yankees?,
From Time Magazine Archive
A scarehead newspaper heard his prophecy that soon ships at sea would call electrically for help, to other ships or shore stations, without having any wired connection.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was a crude and flimsy affair, with its name, in scarehead letters, "WAR SURE."
From The Harbor by Ernest Poole
