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
Afterward, if they survived, they went to prison; but if it could be proved that they were indeed suffering from cafard, they got off with light sentences.
From A Soldier of the Legion by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
Space cafard, in a craft little larger than a good-sized closet!
From Medal of Honor by Bernklau
What did that chairborne brass hat know about space cafard?
From Medal of Honor by Bernklau
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