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muddlehead

American  
[muhd-l-hed] / ˈmʌd lˌhɛd /

noun

Informal.
  1. a stupid person; blunderer.


Etymology

Origin of muddlehead

First recorded in 1850–55; muddle + head


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"And who has said a word about killing him, muddlehead?" replied Danglars.

From The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas père

“Wot a muddlehead you are, Larry,” growled Muggins; “ye don’t even know that there’s six senses.”

From Lost in the Forest Wandering Will's Adventures in South America by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

They had one muddlehead on that post yesterday; they’ll not put another there to-day, sor.”

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 by Various

How can a man with a crack in his brain be serious? how can a muddlehead reason?

From Roderick Hudson by Henry James

You always was such a muddlehead that you couldn’t tell good from bad, and you don’t know any better now.

From Crown and Sceptre A West Country Story by J. Nash

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