heart-sink
n.— «Imagine the heart-sink that comes to an adult star when he receives the script and finds himself teamed for scene after scene with Deanna Durgin or Freddie Bartholomew.» —“In Hollywood” by Jimmy Fiddler Washington Post Mar. 10, 1937. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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