dismal Dora

noun

A gloomy person.

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Meanings

noundismal Dora (plural dismal Doras)

plural dismal Doras

  1. informalrareA gloomy person.

    Dismal Doras and crapehangers have had their innings. But the dogs have never got us.

    1946, The Christian Leader, volume 128, page 192
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    BURNS: If I had spent my life listening to dismal Doras like you, I wouldn't be worth $200 million today.

    1997, "The Old Man and the Lisa" (season 8, episode 21 of The Simpsons)

    Heavy clouds rolled across the sky, making it dark enough outside for Tess to glimpse her own reflection in the glass. What a dismal Dora!

    2015, Louise Allen, His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish, page 27
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