Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who builds castles.
- noun Especially, one who builds castles in the air; a visionary; a day-dreamer.
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Examples
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"I want it to be over with," says Wing, a self-described obsessive-compulsive castle-builder, "but I'm not going to walk away from it."
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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A similar obsession-fueled castle-builder is Edward Leedskalnin, who used the coral from his Florida land in 1923 to begin what would become known as Coral Castle, a monument to the 16-year-old girl who left him the day before their wedding.
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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A similar obsession-fueled castle-builder is Edward Leedskalnin, who used the coral from his Florida land in 1923 to begin what would become known as Coral Castle, a monument to the 16-year-old girl who left him the day before their wedding.
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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"I want it to be over with," says Wing, a self-described obsessive-compulsive castle-builder, "but I'm not going to walk away from it."
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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"I want it to be over with," says Wing, a self-described obsessive-compulsive castle-builder, "but I'm not going to walk away from it."
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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A similar obsession-fueled castle-builder is Edward Leedskalnin, who used the coral from his Florida land in 1923 to begin what would become known as Coral Castle, a monument to the 16-year-old girl who left him the day before their wedding.
Great American Castles Jenna Rose Robbins 2010
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He knew only that he had been very small, and that there had been a beautiful stretch of sandy beach for him to play on, perfect for an aspiring young castle-builder such as he.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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She was no castle-builder; there were no schemes, plans, designs, in her mind; no airy structures of future happiness employed fancy as their architect.
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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The country people tell you its origin was supernatural; and some writers ascribe it to that great castle-builder, Henry de Newburgh.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 494, June 18, 1831 Various
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At a point where the Seine bends sharply and a small stream cuts through the line of limestone cliffs on its right bank to join it, a promontory of rock three hundred feet above the water holds the angle, cut off from the land behind it except for a narrow isthmus, and so furnished the feudal castle-builder with all the conditions which he required.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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