nutter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nutter
Example Sentences
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Once dismissed as a nutter by his critics, because he confessed he talks to trees, Charles is right on time for 2022.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022
“I thought, I don’t know, that they’d cut it, because I was just another nutter off the street. But then everybody started to ring me and I thought: ‘God, this has gone a bit mad.’”
From The Guardian • Sep. 19, 2019
“And by talking about things and saying, ‘That looks like a controlled demolition,’ I know that puts you in the nutter camp.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2019
“I just called him a nutter, basically,” Holding remembered.
From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2017
“How thick would Harry have to be, to go looking for a nutter who wants to kill him?” said Ron shakily.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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