saphead
Example Sentences
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But Mr. Kellow is no saphead, and he makes objectivity a great virtue.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
This kind of pitch, with its view of the consumer as saphead, is still afl too prevalent.
From Time Magazine Archive
My seat was next to Mrs. Martin for safe keeping, while grey eyes sat across from me and talked to an aggressive looking saphead in a watered silk waistcoat.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
"Go over to that saphead there—d'you see it—an' see what thinking does."
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
Sarah Eliza professed a preference for High, Low, Jack, and the Game; any saphead could play that.
From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John
