Lexicographical Neighbors of Crackbrains
Literary usage of Crackbrains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Misgovernment in the United States by Alfred Byron Cruikshank (1920)
"... of crackbrains and demagogues. Let America take warning. Right here seems to
be a good place to make a cheerful contrast to the foregoing by comparing ..."
2. Sketches from Shady Places by John Rutherford (1879)
"Go where we will we are sure to meet with crackbrains who persuade themselves
that we are doing all the good in the world, and who cannot resist the impulse ..."
3. Master Pierre Patelin: A Farce in Three Acts (1914)
"Go along with you! [To GUILLEMETTE.] How do you like me for a teacher ? [Peeping
into the street.] crackbrains is making for home ..."
4. ... The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine (1885)
"... for, in practice, necessity urges them on ; insurrection thunders at their
door; their supporters, all crackbrains with empty stomachs, the poor and the ..."
5. ... Sappho: Between the Flies and Footlights, Arlatan's Treasure by Alphonse Daudet (1899)
"So there were crackbrains everywhere, even in the Institute; and his admiration
for the great man lessened with the sympathy he felt for his weaknesses. ..."
6. Popular Misgovernment in the United States by Alfred Byron Cruikshank (1920)
"... of crackbrains and demagogues. Let America take warning. Right here seems to
be a good place to make a cheerful contrast to the foregoing by comparing ..."
7. Sketches from Shady Places by John Rutherford (1879)
"Go where we will we are sure to meet with crackbrains who persuade themselves
that we are doing all the good in the world, and who cannot resist the impulse ..."
8. Master Pierre Patelin: A Farce in Three Acts (1914)
"Go along with you! [To GUILLEMETTE.] How do you like me for a teacher ? [Peeping
into the street.] crackbrains is making for home ..."
9. ... The French Revolution by Hippolyte Taine (1885)
"... for, in practice, necessity urges them on ; insurrection thunders at their
door; their supporters, all crackbrains with empty stomachs, the poor and the ..."
10. ... Sappho: Between the Flies and Footlights, Arlatan's Treasure by Alphonse Daudet (1899)
"So there were crackbrains everywhere, even in the Institute; and his admiration
for the great man lessened with the sympathy he felt for his weaknesses. ..."
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