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
He shook his head and cried vehemently: “What a saphead I’d be if I fell to that bait!”
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
And so he came to the saphead, and cautiously peered in.
From No Man's Land by McNeile, H. C. (Herman Cyril)
I bet I know what that saphead of an editor had to say without reading his letter.
From Molly Brown's Post-Graduate Days by Speed, Nell
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