giddy-pate

"Poor little giddy-pate!" said Miss Kerr with a sigh.

Naughty Miss Bunny A Story for Little Children Clara Mulholland

That giddy-pate Sarah told me she would undress you, for

Harper's Young People, February 3, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly Various

When the carrying of the mail is entrusted to such a giddy-pate, how can things be expected to go well?

Dona Perfecta Benito P��rez Gald��s 1881

I have reasoned like a giddy-pate, granted; but I have been sincere with myself, and that is all that can be required of me.

Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. John Morley 1880

The Epeira interrupts her work, hurries to the giddy-pate, swathes him and takes her fill of him where he lies.

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The Spider arrives hurriedly, snatches the giddy-pate and disjoints his shanks, which she empties of their contents, the best part of the insect.

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

The protection of a roof would be of great use to him; and the giddy-pate does not give it a thought, though he is very strong and more capable than ever of digging with his powerful jaws.

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

If some giddy-pate allow himself to be caught, will the Spider, at the distance whereto she has retired, be unable to take advantage of the windfall?

The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre 1869

Skelton, where it may be rendered _giddy-pate_, a term very fit for the bird in his ecstasies.

The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855

He's a giddy-pate! "said the commandant, ironically.

The Chouans Honor�� de Balzac 1824