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
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
It told the whole story, like a "scare-head" in a "yellow" newspaper.
From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by Train, George Francis
When the reporters in my own town found out that Ransom was a second cousin of mine, I was put into a scare-head for the only time in my life.
From In the Arena Stories of Political Life by Tarkington, Booth
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
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