scare-head

Pratt's wealth, my connection, with an institution, insures a tremendous scare-head.

Doctor Bimble took the damp sheet, still redolent of ink, and read aloud the triple-leaded article under the scare head.

If I say so, he'll scare-head you as a faker—in letters all across the front page.

The next morning's newspapers were embellished with scare-head-lines, all more or less complimentary to the women's candidate.

The scare-head editor of the interviewing paper, looking through his man's copy for suitable prey, came across my admission.