Middle America



bourgeoisie, mediocrity, middle class, middle order, middle orders, no prize, nobody special, nonentity, nothing special, silent majority, small beer, small potatoes, suburbia ,

   warmed - heated, hot, overheated ,

   statuette - bust, carving, doll, dolly, dummy, figure, figurehead, figurine, lay figure, likeness, mannequin, marionette, model, monument, puppet,

   curtain fire - cross fire, fire, fire-power, fireworks, firing, flack, flak, gunfight, gunfire, musketry, shellfire, shoot out, shooting ,

   neurasthenic - crushed, dashed, disordered, disturbed, hypochondriac, hysterical, neurotic, overcome, prostrate, shaken, shot, stricken, undone, unmanned, unnerved,

   tittle-tattle - babble, blab, blabber, blather, cackle, chat, chatter, chitchat, clack, clatter, dither, gab, gabble, gas, gibber,

   sledge dog - ass, beast of burden, camel, draft animal, dromedary, elephant, horse, husky, mule, ox, reindeer ,

   lope - amble, bound, burst, burst of speed, canter, dash, dead run, dogtrot, flank speed, flat-out speed, forced draft, fox-trot, frisk, full gallop, gallop,

   destine - aim, aim at, allocate, allot, appoint, appropriate to, aspire after, aspire to, assign, assign to, be after, design, designate, desire, detail,

   sitar - Spanish guitar, balalaika, banjo, banjo-ukulele, banjo-zither, bass guitar, concert guitar, electric guitar, guitar, lute, mandolin, steel guitar, troubadour fiddle, ukulele ,

   physical force - brute force, force, steamroller, tyranny, violence ,