Definition of Scareheads

1. scarehead [n] - See also: scarehead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scareheads

scared
scared as hell
scared stiff
scared to death
scareder
scaredest
scaredly
scaredy-cat
scaredy-cats
scaredy cat
scaredy cats
scarefire
scarefires
scarehead
scareheads (current term)
scaremonger
scaremongered
scaremongerer
scaremongerers
scaremongering
scaremongers
scarer
scarers
scares
scareware
scarey
scarf
scarf bandage
scarf down

Literary usage of Scareheads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"There is an eager and feverish struggle for the unusual, the dramatic and the spectacular, a constant straining for effect, a lavishness of "scareheads" and ..."

2. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1913)
"Much could be told of news editions containing scareheads and zinc etchings of one Imogen Vernon—Madam Bill, whom the reporters held to be the real winner ..."

3. The Bookman (1900)
"As his home was near the Paterson Daily Guardian office, he was in close touch with the political situation and ever on the alert for "scareheads. ..."

4. The Bookman (1905)
"All the huge scareheads have been devoted to Japanese successes and Russian disasters. Russian successes and Japanese disasters are either unnoticed or ..."

5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"There is an eager and feverish struggle for the unusual, the dramatic and the spectacular, a constant straining for effect, a lavishness of "scareheads" and ..."

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