pumpkin head
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noun
a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
Origin of pumpkin head
An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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Historical Examples of pumpkin head
And his father was before him, and Gigetto will be after him, with his pumpkin-head.
Casa Braccio, Volumes 1 and 2 (of 2)F. Marion Crawford
Ah, pumpkin-head, why did you not think to make all that profit?
The Purple LandW. H. Hudson
Somebody has been told that somebody else heard some other pumpkin-head say so.
A SirenThomas Adolphus Trollope
Jack was wearing a newly made Pumpkin-head and the Scarecrow had recently been stuffed with fresh straw.
Glinda of OzL. Frank Baum
Pumpkin-head would have burst, if I'd let out I didn't know what part of the jolly old world my governor used to run.
Sinister Street, vol. 2Compton Mackenzie