MISHAP
NOUNS
► ACCIDENCE mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance → 1393 obs.
► GUTSER a mishap or misfortune; a heavy fall or crash → 1917 Aust. & NZ colloq., orig. military usage
► HAPS an event or occurrence which befalls one; a chance, accident, happening; often, an unfortunate event, mishap, mischance → c1205
► MISANTER a misadventure, a mishap → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISCOMFORTUNE a misfortune, mishap → 1903 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MISCOMHAP a misfortune, mishap → 1903 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► SITHE mishap, misfortune, trouble → c1205 obs.
► UNILIMP ► UNLIMP misfortune, mishap → c1200 obs.
► UNSITHE mishap, misfortune → a1250 obs.
► UNTIMING mishap, ill fortune → c1250 obs.
VERBS
► COUP THE CREELS to tumble head over heels; to die; to meet with a mishap → 1718 Sc.
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