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numbskull

[nuhm-skuhl] / ˈnʌmˌskʌl /


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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

I recall a rogue camera placed directly in my face for about half the concert… hopefully that numbskull doesn’t get any footage in the final version.

From Forbes Jul. 21, 2013

If this account shows us the real Kim, then her image as a clothes- and attention-obsessed numbskull is fully earned.

From The Guardian Feb. 25, 2013

“No one would believe a little numbskull like you could do it! This gold is mine!”

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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