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单词 head flaw
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head flaw
head flaw n. [ < head n.1 + flaw n.2; compare earlier headwind n. 2] chiefly U.S. regional (New England) Obsolete a sudden gust of wind blowing from directly in front; (figurative) an adverse turn of events, a setback.
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1803 M. L. Weems Let. in Ford's M. L. Weems: Wks. & Ways (1929) II. 280 A head flaw..has taken me all aback again.
1834 S. Smith Sel. Lett. Major Jack Downing xxxvi. 90 I've had a good many head-flaws and worriments in my life there.
1842 H. W. Longfellow Let. 20 July (1967) II. 435 Finding his sails flapping in this head flaw, the old Viking puts about.
1908 G. S. Wasson Home from Sea iv. 132 You ain't need git rattled over no such little head-flaw as that, Clarry!
1909 Portsmouth (New Hampsh.) Herald 6 July 1/4 A head flaw of wind lost Ducker the first place when two lengths from the finish.
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