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addlepated

[ad-l-pey-tid] / ˈæd lˌpeɪ tɪd /


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Dear Mom recounts the adventures of an addlepated rookie named Homer Stubbs, and his highborn pal Red Foster, son of a factory owner, who helps him badger a tough top-sergeant called Monihan.

From Time Magazine Archive

Although the hero is a bit too addlepated, Bolger-in-motion makes up for all shortcomings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Artist Marc Rosenthal's cartoons have the cheerful, addlepated look of a comics page from 60 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

As a continuity writer for a Buffalo radio station, the Colonel teamed up in 1930 with Announcer Budd Hulick to become the addlepated team of Stoopnagle and Budd.

From Time Magazine Archive

The blow made me addlepated and weakened my knees.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson




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