malaprop

Have you heard the speculation, The rumor now in circulation: Perry runs with Newt this Fall Malaprop meets know-it-all.

"A regular Mrs. Malaprop," Jack said, while Howard suggested that they leave before she came home.

A total want of ordinary thought and observation, is the general cause of the Malaprop failing.

Mrs. Malaprop argues that married men ought to give up their clubs, 'because Hercules gave up his when he got spliced!'

There was certainly nothing of the Cherry and Honeycomb about her when older; but she was an admirable Mrs. Malaprop.

She was the ideal Mrs. Malaprop, and she surpassed all competitors in the character of Mrs. Hardcastle.