thick-skulled
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thick-skulled
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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Although the practice likely is infrequent, it would help to more easily take down the huge, thick-skulled animals.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 7, 2021
At one point the movie sets a thick-skulled stygimoloch loose in a crowd and treats the bodies it tosses around like weightless video game avatars.
From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2018
We were suckers for the shovel merchants, who were much cleverer than the thick-skulled “innovators” who did all the work while trading away the rewards.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2018
In one of his most memorable movie roles, as the thick-skulled cowpoke Mongo in the 1974 comedy “Blazing Saddles,” Karras said, “Mongo only pawn in game of life.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2012
He was hunched up in his chair, his thick-skulled, heavy head hung forward.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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