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pumpkin head

American  

noun

  1. a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.


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Etymology

Origin of pumpkin head

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

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Some gifts apply filters to the influencer’s face like the cowboy hat and moustache, a red beret or seasonal pumpkin head.

From BBC Oct. 30, 2024

“Meg donning the pumpkin head is becoming my favorite holiday tradition,” one person wrote.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 2, 2023

It has featured several multi-gourd centipedes, made up of dozens of tiny pumpkins snaking across the yard, culminating in a terrible pumpkin head rising off the lawn to snarl at passersby.

From Washington Post Oct. 17, 2019

“I had a vision of the stone wall, I could see it in my little pumpkin head and I knew what I wanted it to look like,” Greene said.

From Washington Post Jul. 14, 2018

Jack also waded in up to his knees and grasped the tail of the horse so that he might keep his pumpkin head above the water.

From The Marvelous Land of Oz by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

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