Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Stupid.

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Examples

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    progress... suricattus 2006

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    Tempest in the Classroom K. A. Laity 2006

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    Archive 2006-04-01 K. A. Laity 2006

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    The Tempest 2004

  • But the mild thrill of anachronistic eroticism wears off, the gimmick of puppy-headed gods palls, and a satiety with ritual mumbo-jumbo sets in.

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • But the mild thrill of anachronistic eroticism wears off, the gimmick of puppy-headed gods palls, and a satiety with ritual mumbo-jumbo sets in.

    Letter From Egypt P. J. O'Rourke 2002

  • _ I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • He is called in various places villain, slave and tortoise; a moon-calf, that is, a shapeless lump; a fish, with legs like a man and fins like arms; a puppy-headed monster; a man monster; half a fish and half a monster; a plain fish; a mis-shaped knave; "as strange a thing as e'er I looked upon;" and it is said of him that his manners are as disproportioned as his shape.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 Charles Herbert Sylvester

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    Act II. Scene II. The Tempest 1914

  • I shall laugh myself to death at this puppy-headed monster.

    Act II. Scene II 1909

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