Meaning of King Charles' head | Babel Free

Definitions

An obsession, especially one that keeps intruding irrelevantly into other matters.

Examples

“'I can't make⟳ it out,' said Mr. Dick, shaking his head. 'There's something wrong, somewhere. However, it was very soon after the mistake⟳ was made of putting some of the trouble⟳ out of King Charles's head into my head, that the man first came. I was walking out with Miss⟳ Trotwood after tea, just at dark, and there he was, close⟳ to our house.'”

“Upton Sinclair* is his own⟳ King Charles' head. He cannot keep⟳ himself out of his writings, try⟳ though he may; or, by this time, try⟳ though he doesn't.”

“It is characteristic of Cobbett that he could always be relied on to produce⟳ conjuror-like from any subject one of his many King Charles' heads.”

“'He wasn't prepared to give⟳ it more credence -- than, say⟳, the Melpham burial. He rejected the simile with annoyance. It was becoming a King Charles's head.'”

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