no-hoper
English
Etymology
no + hope + -er
Noun
no-hoper (plural no-hopers)
- Someone or something that has no hope of success.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4:
- Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against?
Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg.
- Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against?
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 4:
Anagrams
- phorone