The Word of the Day over at Merriam-Webster is an old-fashioned one I haven’t heard for years. A COWCATCHER is an inclined frame on the front of a railroad locomotive for throwing obstacles off the track. Since cows no longer wander about freely, I suppose locomotive makers no longer see the need of adding one.
Just for fun I decided to re-purpose this word for our day and created this verse:
Your words hurt, I try to explain. I feel the sting; see the pain in their faces. But his cowcatcher persona tosses my words to the winds and plows on.
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So funny because I also get M-W word of the day and was surprised at this one.
Great way to repurpose it.
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Thank you. You’re welcome to try, too. 😉
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I get it each day too! This was certainly an odd one, but you used it perfectly!
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Thank you. We can’t leave these intriguing words to collect dust in the Archaic Archives. 🙂
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A clever take on the word, Christine 😄
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Thank you. 🙂
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