Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Chuckle-headed; foolish. Also
cockle-headed .
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Examples
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It was thae cockle-brained callants of the present day that would be mair owerta’en with a puir quart than douce folk were with a magnum.”
Saint Ronan's Well 2008
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It was thae cockle-brained callants of the present day that would be mair owerta'en with a puir quart than douce folk were with a magnum. "
St. Ronan's Well Walter Scott 1801
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