lunkhead

Example Sentences

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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2019

A proud lunkhead, Brendan got by in high school with a personality that amounted to “tall.”

From Slate • Oct. 25, 2019

But you, you lunkhead, you just wouldn’t listen.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2016

Take, f'r instance, Mrs. Scraggs's mother——" "I mean, you lunkhead," said Mr. Gibney, "that luck is found where brains grow.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon