dunderhead

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“You are arrested,” continued the sheriff, without paying the slightest attention to Peter, “in the king’s name, upon suit of the Baron von Dunderhead, for obtaining goods under false pretense.”

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes

“I am going,” said Peter, “to take this cup to our master, the Baron von Dunderhead; that will be far more to our advantage than selling it to some petty goldsmith or other.”

From St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, V. 5, Nov 1877-Nov 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Dodge, Mary Mapes

But, dear sirs, can you supply the eloquence and erudition which you indorsed in Dr. Dunderhead, for which many Easy Chairs paid many dollars, and which Dunderhead failed to display?

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William

If the correspondents of Dr. Dunderhead would show that they respected their own names, they would soon find that other people would not trifle with them.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by Curtis, George William

On looking up, I beheld the most learned Doctor Dedimus Dunderhead, Provost, and Professor of Moral Philosophy to the College.

From Tales from "Blackwood," Volume 2 by Various