numbskull
Example Sentences
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But why was he screaming like a numbskull at the end of the finale?
From New York Times ● May 24, 2016
So if you’re prepared to delete the occasional missive from a numbskull, go for it.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2015
As an economics numbskull, I would plump for the latter.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2015
A guy from the numbskull village of Abdera sees a eunuch talking to a woman and asks another guy if she's the eunuch's wife.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 25, 2014
"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
