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

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

"And you're a clodpoll," said the girl, bitterly, "and a ninny, a numbskull, a lackwit and a coxcomb!"

From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman