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  • In his consequential verdancy, his aristocratic boobyism, and his lack-brain originality, this pithless hereditary squireling is quite inimitable and irresistible; -- a tall though slender specimen of most effective imbecility, whose manners and character must needs all be from within, because he lacks force of nature to shape or dress himself by any model.

    Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England Henry Norman Hudson 1850

  • But were they, I believe she would but smile at the poor lack-brain who entertains them.

    Zenobia or, the Fall of Palmyra William Ware 1824

  • But as he thought over his beliefs, a contradicting voice gave him a lecture in a mocking tone; he’d trusted Holly and she’d kept his whereabouts a secret, and so, he suspected, had that lack-brain Deerhorn.

    SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992

  • “You lack-brain,” Jack mumbled, and jerked on the cuff at Tom’s wrist.

    SEASONS OF GOLD STEF ANN HOLM 1992

  • Lack-brain she is, and lack-brain I shall call her. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • You have called her a baggage and a lack-brain, and I know not what. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "You, a graceless baggage, a foolish lack-brain, with no thought above the hemming of shifts.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • "You, a graceless baggage, a foolish lack-brain, with no thought above the hemming of shifts.

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • Lack-brain she is, and lack-brain I shall call her. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

  • You have called her a baggage and a lack-brain, and I know not what. "

    The White Company Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1902

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