All 3 Uses of
mishap
in
The Scarlet Letter
- The chief tragic event of the old man's life, so far as I could judge, was his mishap with a certain goose, which lived and died some twenty or forty years ago: a goose of most promising figure, but which, at table, proved so inveterately tough, that the carving-knife would make no impression on its carcase, and it could only be divided with an axe and handsaw.
Chpt Intr.mishap = unfortunate accident
- I have met with grievous mishaps by sea and land, and have been long held in bonds among the heathen-folk to the southward; and am now brought hither by this Indian to be redeemed out of my captivity.
Chpt 3 *mishaps = unfortunate accidents
- If she entered a church, trusting to share the Sabbath smile of the Universal Father, it was often her mishap to find herself the text of the discourse.
Chpt 5mishap = unfortunate accident
Definition:
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(mishap) an unfortunate accident -- usually minor