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

He shook his head and cried vehemently: “What a saphead I’d be if I fell to that bait!”

From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen

Well thought o’, Jeremiah Rooke; ye’ve hed a hard life o’t lately; but ye’ll be a fool ef ye don’t live eezier for the future, a darned greenhorn o’ a saphead!

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

There are some big shell-craters there, and they may be using one of them as a saphead.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian