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Definition of Fuss-budget
1. Noun. Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.
Generic synonyms: Killjoy, Party Pooper, Spoilsport, Wet Blanket
Derivative terms: Worry
Definition of Fuss-budget
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of fussbudget) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fuss-budget
Literary usage of Fuss-budget
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1917)
"what a fuss budget is. The doctors are [read ' care ' doubtfully] are fuss budgets.
I don't care what you call them. I am feeling better now and I know that ..."
2. Here and Now Story Book: Two-to Seven Year Olds; Experimental Stories by Lucy Sprague Mitchell (1921)
"... "It struck my funny bone to hear you say you went everywhere on land, that's
all. Don't you realize you're an old fuss budget with your steam ..."
3. The Woman Beautiful: A Practical Treatise on the Development and by Ella Adelia Fletcher (1899)
"It is not for herself that the fuss-budget should mend her ways, but for the
great good of humanity at large. We are all of us more or less nervous, ..."
4. Why Worry? by George Lincoln Walton (1919)
"MORE than one "sunbeam" and "life of the party" in society is the "cross patch"
and "fuss budget" of the home. His gracious smiles and quips abroad are ..."
5. The Desire of the Moth: And The Come on by Eugene Manlove Rhodes (1920)
"Don't be an old fuss-budget, George," said Pringle reprovingly. " Because I forgot
to tell you—I've got my gun now—and yours. You won't need to arrest me, ..."
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