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blunderhead

American  
[bluhn-der-hed] / ˈblʌn dərˌhɛd /

noun

  1. Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.


Etymology

Origin of blunderhead

First recorded in 1690–1700; blunder + head

Example Sentences

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In spite of their blunderhead awkwardness, Authors Dreiser and Anderson have won life memberships in the U. S. literary Senate.

From Time Magazine Archive

What do you suppose I cared whether I waked you or not, you blunderhead.

From Desk and Debit or, The Catastrophes of a Clerk by Optic, Oliver

In fact, a bigger blunderhead, excepting in regard to certain matters, of which this was not one, probably did not exist.

From Love at Paddington by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)

"At the rate of this thick-skulled blunderhead, every plow-jobber shall take upon him to read upon divinity."

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

"What a blunderhead I am!" cries the Colonel, with delight on his countenance, spite of his professed repentance.

From The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family by Thackeray, William Makepeace

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