Definition of a nervous wreck

nervous wreck

noun

• an extremely worried person.

                                                 
  
                                                                                 
  
  Citation from "Lobsterfest", Bob's Burgers (TV), Season 1 Episode 12 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  Last edited on Aug 25 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.

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