saphead
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of saphead
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But Mr. Kellow is no saphead, and he makes objectivity a great virtue.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2011
This kind of pitch, with its view of the consumer as saphead, is still afl too prevalent.
From Time Magazine Archive
My seat was next to Mrs. Martin for safe keeping, while grey eyes sat across from me and talked to an aggressive looking saphead in a watered silk waistcoat.
From I Walked in Arden by Crawford, Jack
And so he came to the saphead, and cautiously peered in.
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
The bombers move forward in extended order searching for the saphead.
From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian
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