glower
1 use
No, he glowers at us through Satan-tilted eyes and demands to know: "What you want with Haha?"†
glowers = stares angrily
Definition
Generally glower means:to stare angrily
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| Library | 6 uses in 10 avg bks |
paraphernalia
1 use
But it is a faithful object; springtimes, we take it to the woods and fill it with flowers, herbs, wild fern for our porch pots; in the summer, we pile it with picnic paraphernalia and sugar-cane fishing poles and roll it down to the edge of a creek; it has its winter uses, too: as a truck for hauling firewood from the yard to the kitchen, as a warm bed for Queenie, our tough little orange and white rat terrier who has survived distemper and two rattlesnake bites.†
paraphernalia = items that accompany a given activity or object
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 1 use in 10 avg bks |
prosaic
1 use
And the next day, having completed our more prosaic shopping, we set out for Mr. Haha's business address, a "sinful" (to quote public opinion) fish-fry and dancing cafe down by the river.†
prosaic = lacking anything unusual, interesting, or challenging
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| Book | 1 use |
| Library | 0 uses in 10 avg bks |