drawback

• You may know it was A1 when I tell you that most of us 'ad been in 'er for several v'y'ges But Bill was a drawback, and no mistake. —  Light Freights
• Its greatest drawback is the long time it takes to grow seedlings to a size large enough to graft SHELLBARK (_Carya laciniosa_). —  Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting Urbana, Illinois, August 28, 29 and 30, 1951
• It was a splendid idea, but it had one drawback--it was not her own. —  Penelope and the Others Story of Five Country Children
• The only drawback was the state of the mother. —  Shenac's Work at Home
• That is one of the chief drawbacks to my going back into civilisation, as you call it A very nice drawback--if it's the only one It's not--there's another What is that My babies It was a strange, happy night, that last in the Storr Alley garret. —  A Dog with a Bad Name

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