dismal Dora
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[edit]Noun
[edit]dismal Dora (plural dismal Doras)
- (informal, rare) A gloomy person.
- 1946, The Christian Leader, volume 128, page 192:
- Dismal Doras and crapehangers have had their innings. But the dogs have never got us.
- 1997, "The Old Man and the Lisa" (season 8, episode 21 of The Simpsons)
- BURNS: If I had spent my life listening to dismal Doras like you, I wouldn't be worth $200 million today.
- 2015, Louise Allen, His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish, page 27:
- Heavy clouds rolled across the sky, making it dark enough outside for Tess to glimpse her own reflection in the glass. What a dismal Dora!