Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stupid; thick-skulled; thick-headed.
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Examples
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Gypsy Joe wondered how such a thick-brained super had reached that rank.
The Elvis Latte Allie Dresser 2010
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She pushed her men to the margins, these effeminate incompetents or thick-brained dupes, either way easy prey for the mysterious women who glide through the smoky bars and dank streets like piranhas in a muddy river.
In This Way I Was Saved Brian DeLeeuw 2009
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Gypsy Joe wondered how such a thick-brained super had reached that rank.
Field Of Thirteen Francis, Dick 1998
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He was too thick-brained to think for a moment that I should ever trouble to prepare two diaries, one for myself and one for capture if detected, so I still held the treasured original, which I instantly hid away safely.
Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben Frederick Arthur Ambrose Talbot
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"Fool yourself, you thick-brained Frisian," broke in Martha angrily,
Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Among other things, he asked him, "Is it not true the Germans are somewhat thick-brained?" to which the fawning professor replied with a smile.
Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835
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