wreck of the Hesperus

noun

Etymology

From a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Definitions

  1. Used in similes 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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