dismal Dora

English

Noun

dismal Dora (plural dismal Doras)

1. (informal, rare) A gloomy person.
   • 1946, The Christian Leader, volume 128, page 192:

     Dismal Doras and crapehangers have had their innings. But the dogs have never got us.

   • 1997, "The Old Man and the Lisa" (season 8, episode 21 of The Simpsons)

     BURNS: If I had spent my life listening to dismal Doras like you, I wouldn't be worth $200 million today.

   • 2015, Louise Allen, His Housekeeper's Christmas Wish, page 27:

     Heavy clouds rolled across the sky, making it dark enough outside for Tess to glimpse her own reflection in the glass. What a dismal Dora!