dullard

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In a Senate full of ambitious members, Colorado Republican Wayne Allard is so bland that his critics have dubbed him "Dullard."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Well," quoth Jack the Dullard, "if I can't have a horse, I'll take the billy-goat, who belongs to me, and he can carry me very well!"

From What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales by Dulcken, H. W. (Henry William)

Then he gave the knife to Collatinus and Lucretius and Valerius, and they all swore likewise, much marvelling to hear such words from L. Junius the Dullard.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John

Proser opened with a ricochet, which did great execution, but was countered heavily when he attempted to repeat the trick, the Dullard all but knocking him off his legs with a fifty-pound salmon.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 3, 1892 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir

"Most certainly I shall," replied Jack the Dullard; and again the brothers laughed and rode on, and thus they got far in advance of him; but— "Hallo—hop rara!" and there was Jack the Dullard again.

From Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian)