saphead
a simpleton; fool.
Origin of saphead
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How to use saphead in a sentence
A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor saphead nor Sapanything.
Two Little Savages | Ernest Thompson SetonThe latter called their enemies "muckers," and these retorted with the term "saphead."
The Blue Dragon | Kirk MunroeI bet I know what that saphead of an editor had to say without reading his letter.
Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days | Nell SpeedHe's older and he goes with the swiftest bunch in town, and, like a regular saphead, I was flattered.
The Fifth Ace | Douglas GrantHe doesn't fancy Captain Billy Morgan, thinks him rather a saphead.
Janet of the Dunes | Harriet T. Comstock
British Dictionary definitions for saphead (1 of 2)
/ (ˈsæpˌhɛd) /
slang a simpleton, idiot, or fool
Derived forms of saphead
- sapheaded, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for saphead (2 of 2)
/ (ˈsæpˌhɛd) /
military the end of a sap nearest to the enemy
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