English Explanatory Dictionary

wreck of the Hesperus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used in similes to describe the appearance of an untidy or bedraggled person.

Word forms

wreck of the Hesperus

Etymology

From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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