muttonhead
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- muttonheaded adjective
Etymology
Origin of muttonhead
Example Sentences
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He even called George Washington a “muttonhead” and “too illiterate, unlearned, unread, for his station and reputation.”
From Washington Post
I am surrounded by nothing but suicidal muttonheads.
From Literature
“Aye. I have squandered a third of my life trying to teach the rudiments of swordplay to churls, muttonheads, and knaves. Small good that will do me in those woods.”
From Literature
Scarcely has the door closed behind him when Scirocco bursts out violently: "You are a muttonhead, Pistasch; the little banker is a hundred times cleverer than you."
From Project Gutenberg
"Could be more use than you think, muttonhead."
From Project Gutenberg
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