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chowderhead

American  
[chou-der-hed] / ˈtʃaʊ dərˌhɛd /

noun

  1. Slang. a stupid person; blockhead.

Other Word Forms

  • chowderheaded adjective

Etymology

Origin of chowderhead

1825–35; compare British dial. (Lancashire) chowterhead, phonetic variant of cholterhead, dialectal variant of jolterhead, earlier jolthead, equivalent to jolt-, jolter- (probably akin to jolt, but sense uncertain) + head

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Yet you mistake Paul Chowder for a lightweight — a chowderhead? — at your peril.

From New York Times • Sep. 9, 2013

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