thickhead
Americannoun
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a stupid person; blockhead.
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Also called whistler. any of several Old World birds of the genus Pachycephala, chiefly of various islands in the Pacific Ocean, related to the flycatchers, and having a melodious whistling call.
noun
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a stupid or ignorant person; fool
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Also called: whistler. any of various Australian and SE Asian songbirds of the family Muscicapidae (flycatchers, etc)
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And look here, Carruthers, don't think I'm playing the silly thickhead, and trying to mystify you.
From The Adventures of Jimmie Dale by Frank L. (Frank Lucius) Packard
I’m more or less of a thickhead when it comes to flossy finance; but I’ve seen enough plain flimflam games to know a few things.
From Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe by Sewell Ford
I war a thickhead too never to have thought of it.
From A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton
Out on me for a thickhead for not linking thee with that bold feat before.
From The Winning of the Golden Spurs by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
“There’s some hope for a thickhead, but there isn’t any for you.”
From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin
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