Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who creates or endeavors to create panics: used in contempt.
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Examples
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So you can call me panic-monger all you like, I just think we have to be READY
Mark Penn: Hey, Guess What -- The National Polls Matter Again! 2009
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We see that there is really no standing ground in any country for the panic-monger who bemoans the fall of the birth-rate and storms against small families.
Essays in War-Time Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygiene Havelock Ellis 1899
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It is noteworthy, however, that, in regarding the perils of the time, he was no mere panic-monger, but showed the same discriminating carefulness of observation that had distinguished him as captain of the “Boreas,” and had elicited the admiration of Mr. Rose.
The Life of Nelson Mahan, A. T. 1897
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It is noteworthy, however, that, in regarding the perils of the time, he was no mere panic-monger, but showed the same discriminating carefulness of observation that had distinguished him as captain of the "Boreas," and had elicited the admiration of Mr. Rose.
The Life of Nelson, Volume 1 (of 2) The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain 1877
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But that doesn't mean we'll jump all over unverified panic-monger reports that he's dead.
Hecklerspray 2009
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