Poindexter
noun
a person who is academically minded or who focuses on academic achievement, particularly a person who is socially awkward and especially intelligent or bookish.
Poindexters
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pluralof Poindexter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now, studious and stressed-out college students wouldn’t normally draw my ire, except these Poindexters reveled in their misery.
From Time ● Jan. 27, 2015
You'd think these pocket-protected Poindexters would have been busy enough with the 918 Spyder, one of the fastest and most complicated hybrid supercars in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2014
She wants to know if her friends the Poindexters gave you two a gift as expensive as the one she gave to their kid.
From Slate ● Mar. 25, 2013
Eager to please, President Leguia ordered Senor Gonzalez-Prada to return Cornelius to the Poindexters.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Poindexters had been much impoverished by the excesses of David's father and grandfather, and David seems to have had few or no resources beyond the very modest stipend appertaining to his position.
From David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales by Julian Hawthorne
