Both Uses of
mishap
in
A Separate Peace
- I apologized by instinct to him for this mishap which discomforted only me.
p. 81.2mishap = unfortunate accident
- We members of the Class of 1943 were moving very fast toward the war now, so fast that there were casualties even before we reached it, a mind was clouded and a leg was broken—maybe these should be thought of as minor and inevitable mishaps in the accelerating rush.
p. 187.9 *mishaps = unfortunate accidents
Definition:
an unfortunate accident -- usually minor