dolt
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Marsden: I’m just sort of a dolt, a Hollywood dolt who just doesn’t understand the real-world stuff, right?
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2023
Now I can sense more than a few people calling me a dolt.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 10, 2022
But the finest wigs and tattoos can only take the audience so far in viewing Lee, a man dripping with sleaze, as a short-fused dolt who is honestly and obviously in love with his wife.
From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022
In the NFL, there is a fine line between being considered a genius and a dolt.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2020
I was scarcely able to believe that we had reached our destination, but the stranger dismounted and snapped, "Don't sit there like a dolt; get down!"
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
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