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
Emma, Victoria and Mel C all declared Geri a "complete nutter", recalling: "She had her hair in bunches and was wearing a pink fluffy jumper and saying, 'Look, look - I'm a duck!'"
From BBC • Jul. 7, 2021
“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
People think I’m a tin hat-wearing nutter, sitting here guarding 3,000 tins of beans, but it’s not all-consuming.
From The Guardian • Jan. 28, 2018
Instantly, every nutter, nurse, and doctor on the lawn stands still, turned into statues.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
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