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WAN-hop
noun
nearly hopeless; a feint hope
1400The Canterbury TalesWel oughte I sterve in wanhope and distresse, Farwel, my lif, my lust, and my galdnesse!1907Between The Dark and The DaylightI should like to give the story of Alford's experiences just as Wanhope told it, sitting with us before the glowing hearth in the Turkish room, one night after the other diners at our club had gone away to digest their dinners at the theatre, or in their bachelor apartments up-town, or on the late trains which they were taking north, south, and west; or had hurried back to their offices to spend the time stolen from rest in overwork for which their famished nerves would duly revenge themselves.Labels: Geoffrey Chaucer, William Dean Howells
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