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  • noun Plural form of head-case.

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Examples

  • A special thanks to the following teams for making us realize that life could always be worse: Cavs (The Decision and an owner with anger management issues), Grizzlies (an owner who combines two unique skill sets, the involvement level of Daniel Snyder and the player evaluation skills of Vinny Cerrato) and Kings (two lottery picks, two talented young players, two head-cases).

    It could always be worse Lee Friedman 2011

  • What we get is not so much a portrait of America as a gathering of doomed head-cases whose past friendship is hard to credit.

    Red Bud – review Michael Billington 2010

  • What we get in Brett Neveu's predictable play Red Bud, at the Royal Court, is not so much a portrait of America, as a gathering of doomed head-cases whose friendship is hard to credit, writes Michael Billington

    The Heretic - review 2011

  • Crazy redacted head-cases can still attend conferences, so he probably queried her that way.

    QueryFAIL! Editorial Anonymous 2009

  • As is always the case with conservative head-cases, reality simply must have a liberal bias.

    Cliff Schecter: YouTube Commies! 2008

  • Compare that with Jimmy Cagney as Cody Jarrett in "White Heat", or Humphrey Bogart as Dixon Steele in "In a Lonely Place" where you begin to worry if Cagney or Bogart could actually be murderers and head-cases in real life ......or Redford/Newman in "BC and the SDK".

    All things end 2005

  • The twist is, the head-cases are the ones in charge! '

    Strip Jack Rankin, Ian, 1960- 1992

  • Walking as fast as they could along the bottom of the sea, they came in time to the anchor of their boat, reascended to the surface, and, taking their seats, removed their head-cases with a feeling of relief.

    The Wizard of the Sea A Trip Under the Ocean Roy Rockwood

  • Its proponents, though led by the usual collection of bleeding heart liberal head-cases, are joined by forces it may become impossible to defeat.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2010

  • Its proponents, though led by the usual collection of bleeding heart liberal head-cases, are joined by forces it may become impossible to defeat.

    Manchester Evening News - RSS Feed 2010

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