The man was a sheer gen- ius with the fishboats, able to repair absolute wrecks.

But he left the building tonight with a $400,000 check and was an absolute wreck, too.

If he disappeared, it would be connected to a purple-and-blue cab, an 'absolute wreck of a gypsy cab'.

"I was an absolute wreck there; I couldn't eat or sleep for three days," she said, "but this horse made the difference."

She must look an absolute wreck, Chris acknowledged painfully, or was it simply that Slater would prefer her to remain in hospital out of his way.

I had left the mine an absolute wreck, and Malcolm had left it in perfect condition.

Then along comes this purple-and-blue absolute wreck of a gypsy cab, and merciful God, it stops for me.

I'm an absolute wreck for weeks afterward.' '

I struggled off an absolute wreck.

She felt an absolute wreck, yet at the same time she felt acutely self-aware.