Both Uses
mishap
in
The Nickel Boys
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- Everyone had moved on to girding themselves for the next Nickel mishap, the one that was out of their hands.†
p. 87.1 *mishap = unfortunate accident
- In keeping his head down, in his careful navigation so that he made it to lights-out without mishap, he fooled himself that he had prevailed.†
p. 155.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(mishap) an unfortunate accident -- usually minor
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)