cafard
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of cafard
C20: from French, literally: cockroach, hypocrite
Example Sentences
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"J'ai le cafard," announces the soldat and he is amok with a little beetle running round and round in his brains.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is le cafard, too, the blues that lonely, tired women get the world over after a long day's work.
From Time Magazine Archive
Avant la guerre on ne savais pas ce que c'etait le cafard.
From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John
Two weeks to a month, all by yourself, watching the symptoms of space cafard progress.
From Medal of Honor by Bernklau
She was very tired herself, and for just a moment she reflected that if she had an instant's time, she would probably have the worst fit of "cafard" ever known to man.
From Home Fires in France by Canfield, Dorothy
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