Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dull of apprehension; stupid.
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Examples
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My successful rival, mine, is the yellow-headed, muddy-brained, unlettered Foy -- and they say that women have souls!
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Mike, being a free and easy, swaggering, sociable chap, and endowed with a remarkable instinct in finding out where the best liquors were to be had on the cheapest terms, had fallen insensibly into the habit of consorting with a certain set of idle, muddy-brained loiterers, that made the widow Saunders 'house their head-quarters on Sunday afternoons, and as often on week days as they could find an excuse for getting together.
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832
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"There are provocations, Bel," replied Harvey, "that would render such an exploit as our muddy-brained pedler has celebrated meritorious -- even in a gentleman."
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. II. 1832
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"You _dumkopf_!" he shouted; "you muddy-brained ass! you'll never learn anything.
Burr Junior George Manville Fenn 1870
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"Thick-headed, muddy-brained brute; more like a quadruped than a man!
A Dash from Diamond City George Manville Fenn 1870
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