Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In entomology, that part of the integument of a pupa that covers the head.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
headcase .
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Examples
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See last season with Paula being stuck with Matt the head-case.
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That's respectable for a rookie on a bad team, but after seeing him in person last night, I now think Cousins is even more of a head-case then I had originally thought.
People watching with DeMarcus Cousins Lee Friedman 2011
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He's been a complete head-case for the last 4 months.
Brett. Ann Althouse 2008
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It's looking more and more like most of the people who still have to deal with him are starting to realize what I've known for years - that he's an incompetent tantrum-throwing windbag head-case who leaves a wide trail of destruction in his wake.
elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2006
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But, of course, the evidence also suggests that Pat Robertson is a delusional head-case.
Hullabaloo 2005
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I'm such a head-case, I am seriously in need of a brain-reading or something.
29th December '05 2005
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If I see or hear another person mention head-case Williams in the same sentence with Barry Sanders or Jim Brown, my barbaric yawp will reverberate over the rooftops.
Archive 2004-07-01 2004
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“If you had leveled with me that day,” I said, “instead of acting like such a little head-case, none of this would be happening.”
When Lightning Strikes Jenny Carroll 2001
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“If you had leveled with me that day,” I said, “instead of acting like such a little head-case, none of this would be happening.”
When Lightning Strikes Jenny Carroll 2001
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“If you had leveled with me that day,” I said, “instead of acting like such a little head-case, none of this would be happening.”
When Lightning Strikes Jenny Carroll 2001
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