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

The bombers move forward in extended order searching for the saphead.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

"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)

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