lunkhead
Americannoun
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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2019
A proud lunkhead, Brendan got by in high school with a personality that amounted to “tall.”
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2019
But you, you lunkhead, you just wouldn’t listen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2016
Ike, addressed by his uncle variously and collectively as "lunkhead," "nephew," and "Ike," served.
From The Guns of Bull Run A Story of the Civil War's Eve by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler
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