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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Colloq. & Obs. A blockhead.

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  • noun a person's head, particularly if misshapen or blocky
  • noun a stupid person; a blockhead

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  • The freedictionary.com defines this as "a blockhead."

    January 18, 2008

  • I like the OED definition: "A blockish or stupid head; a ludicrous term for the head, usually connoting stupidity."

    Usually connoting stupidity?

    July 31, 2008