wobegone

[ woh-bi-gawn, -gon ]

/ ˈwoʊ bɪˌgɔn, -ˌgɒn /

adjective Archaic.

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Words nearby wobegone

wobble board, wobble plate, wobble pump, wobbling, wobbly, wobegone, woburn, woburn abbey, wocas, wodehouse, woden

Example sentences from the Web for wobegone

I did not encounter that horrid sickly stench, nor were the men so pale and wobegone.
North America, Volume II (of 2)|Anthony Trollope
The wobegone face hid its crimson tide in two quivering hands.
The Secret of the Storm Country|Grace Miller White
Alice scarcely heard him, she was shame-stricken and wobegone.
Demos|George Gissing
The effect of it, to the bystanders, is like that of a wobegone ballad-singer chanting a merry stave.
Mirror of the Months|Peter George Patmore

Little of this wobegone song touched Flor even enough to let her know there was some one in the world more wretched than herself.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865|Various