Wreck-of-the-hesperus Definition

noun

(archaic) Used to describe the appearance of an untidy or bedraggled person.

She looked like the wreck of the Hesperus when she got caught in the rain.
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Origin of Wreck-of-the-hesperus

  • From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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