blockhead

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"No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

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a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

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noun

a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

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Core meanings and parts of speech for blockhead.

noun

a stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence

Example sentences

"No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

But then there is Samuel Johnson: No man but a blockhead ever wrote but for money.

Probably right after Lucy called him a blockhead.

As Samuel Johnson said, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

"Granted, it would be easier if I weren't such a blockhead, but it's still a royal pain in the ass.

I'm probably being a blockhead but I didn't quite get how the testcase macro is used in instrumenting coverage.

For the listener it's a good idea not to base your own sense of being or not being a blockhead on the opinions of people who don't know you past one or a bunch of ideas you contributed.

" This happening right now. Infuriating that governments sacrificed these women and children with blockhead policies lacking all nuance and understanding.

As neo-Naziism and centre-right European movements both right wing ideologies, but you’d be a blockhead if you meaningfully tried to tie them together as the author has done.

" Languages like English have at least as many if not more insults for stupid people: dumbass, shit-for-brains, dipshit, blockhead, imbecile, dullard, doofus, slack-jawed yocal, and the famous one from Mark Twain, "an idiot of the 33rd degree.