brainbox
Britishnoun
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the skull
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a clever person
Example Sentences
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My little bro Nicholas had been a brainbox with a talent for sport.
From The Guardian • Apr. 8, 2017
Now, fresh from his own spoof reality show on MTV, the prodigiously talented musical comic and brainbox is back for more.
From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2013
Elsewhere, Jay fancies himself as a crime writer, but hasn't an ounce of imagination in him, so ropes in his brainbox son Manny to write it for him.
From The Guardian • Jun. 7, 2013
The "brainbox" tests were sat by about one in nine Year 6 pupils in maths, and one in 11 in English this year, according to the Department for Education.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2012
Few people in history have achieved greater fame in a shorter period with less useful activity in the brainbox than Gen. Thomas J. Jackson.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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