Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stupid head; a brainless head.
- noun A dunce; a blockhead.
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- noun archaic A
dunce ; ablockhead .
Etymologies
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See jolt, jowl.
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Examples
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I see no worth in the hobnailed mirth or the jolthead jest ye did
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I see no worth in the hobnailed mirth or the jolthead jest ye did
Departmental Ditties & Barrack Room Ballads Rudyard Kipling 1900
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I see no worth in the hobnailed mirth or the jolthead jest ye did
Verses 1889-1896 Rudyard Kipling 1900
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That in boyhood, at Odds or Evens, I could never once guess the right way; that my bread and butter always fell on the buttered side; of all these sorrows I will not speak; but is it not a frightful destiny, that now, when, in spite of Satan, I have become a student, I must still be a jolthead as before?
The Big Apple 2009
whichbe commented on the word jolthead
A blockhead. Also jolterhead.
May 12, 2008
dontcry commented on the word jolthead
Also joltergeist, a blockheaded ghost.
May 12, 2008