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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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
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
I’m a thickhead and a landlubber, all in one.”
From The Battleship Boys at Sea Two Apprentices in Uncle Sam's Navy by Frank Gee Patchin
I don't like you to look upon your father as a thickhead who couldn't be expected to succeed.
From New Grub Street by George Gissing
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