Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Hebrew name (see etym.) used allusively in various connections, especially in the phrase to say Ichabod (to or of a thing), implying that its glory has departed.
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- proper noun archaic A male given name.
- interjection Expressing regret at a loss of former
glory or high standards.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Following the trend of Deblog and Ichabod is Itchy, here is a link to a puzzle:
sudoku Maxine 2006
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An’ cuz Floyd was still out of it, I was named the new captain -- Ichabod the Scourge, and I was swiftly known as the low-downest, not-nicest, meanest, dirtiest, ugliest, wickedest, baddest pirate in the seven an’ a half seas!
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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An’ cuz Floyd was still out of it, I was named the new captain -- Ichabod the Scourge, and I was swiftly known as the low-downest, not-nicest, meanest, dirtiest, ugliest, wickedest, baddest pirate in the seven an’ a half seas!
August Christian Science Fiction/Fantasy Blog Tour Day 2 2007
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You need to be able to still get to that information as a user, "Lynch added and mentioned a technology developed by Adobe called" Ichabod "- which has already been released to Google, who use it in its indexing engines to search Flash content.
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You need to be able to still get to that information as a user, "Lynch added and mentioned a technology developed by Adobe called" Ichabod "- which has already been released to Google, who use it in its indexing engines to search Flash content.
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Remember George W. Bush's broadside on Social Security, right after he'd earned his political capital against the Great Obfuscator, "Ichabod" Kerry?
Ross M. Levine: Middle Class? You've Been Downlisted by the GOP 2008
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All unbelievers do in their heart call Christ "Ichabod," -- "Where is the glory?"
Meditations and Discourses on the Glory of Christ 1616-1683 1965
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"Ichabod" was written over the doors of the Russian Admiralty.
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The ruins were nearly all covered with ivy, and looked beautiful even in their decay; but seeing the purpose to which some of them had been applied, we thought that the word "Ichabod"
From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor
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Milling as an institution in the schools may write up "Ichabod" above its gates.
Acton's Feud A Public School Story Frederick Swainson
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