scare-head
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of scare-head
Example Sentences
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The sidewalks were filled with agitated pedestrians fluttering scare-head newspapers under their noses.
From Time Magazine Archive
It had the usual scare-head, and began by announcing that the White Mail, with General Manager Blank's car Kaskaskia, came in on time, carrying signals for a freight train.
From The Last Spike And Other Railroad Stories by Warman, Cy
He negatived the Press Agent's suggestion to make a scare-head story of the escape for the papers, and suggested that they should go up and hear Madam Morelli's account of it.
From Side Show Studies by Herford, Oliver
Why, he had the Ortmeyer-Rawlins wedding fixed out with a scare-head THE WAY OF ALL FLESH!
From The Wide Awake Girls in Winsted by Barrett, Katharine Ellis
This done, and the sufferer made easy for the night, I glanced at the article which had so upset her, and read its sensational "scare-head."
From The Darrow Enigma by Severy, Melvin Linwood
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