Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. US a red letter A required to be worn by adulterers in 17th century Puritan New England
WordNet 3.0
- n. the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
Examples
“There’s a part in the book,” Mrs. Kendel said, flipping through her well-worn copy, “where Hester’s daughter Pearl asks if she will be getting a scarlet letter of her own when she’s older.”
“Begotten under such illegitimacy, the child must go through the world with the brand of bastardy upon his brow, and its mother must wear the scarlet letter upon her bosom.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘scarlet letter’.
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POL - cool collocations (Adj+Noun)
strident criticism, devolved approach, lax control, serious misgivings, incessant negotia..., fundamental task, controversial plan, fierce criticism, lengthy consultation, public confidence, central point, final push and 183 more...
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I Am A Starfish. I Speak With Paint.
List title totally stolen from she. Right, the stock entry for this list should be a two-word phrase where one of the words denotes a colour; even better if the expression has some metaphoric value...
black dog, tangerine dream, orange roughy, blue moon, blackguard, white house, purple rain, grey nurse, green thumb, yellow fever, sacre bleu, palo verde and 159 more...
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Distinguishing Marks
assay-mark, stamp, seal, cedula, cartouse, cachet, brand, mark, hallmark, armorial device, coat of arms, emblem and 150 more...
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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chromatic phrases
blue movie, brown study, purple prose, rosy scenario, golden mean, eminence grise, white nights, bronze age, silver bullet, orange juice, black death, technicolor yawn and 188 more...
Tweets
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bilby "Unfortunately, the problem likely goes beyond Fort Carson. Maj. Gen. Graham, the Fort Carson commander, makes noted efforts to recognize and address the problems. 'Our goal is to get in front of this,' Graham said in a telephone interview. 'Instead of doing the investigation following a suicide, to find out how this happened and how we could have prevented it, what we want to do is actually prevent them and get in front of this and figure out how you help a soldier before it gets to a point of critical mass and something horrible is going to happen,' he added. 'Are we perfect? No. Are we trying? We are. Can we do better? Of course we can.'
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And some Army fighting units, or 'line' units, stationed at Graham's post have failed to incorporate the prevention, recognition and treatment of combat stress into their wartime mission. At Fort Carson a mental problem from combat is still a scarlet letter."
- Mark Benjamin and Michael de Yoanna,The Death Dealers took my life!, salon.com, 9 Feb 2009. Feb 16, 2009