"blunderhead" meaning in All languages combined

See blunderhead on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: blunderheads [plural]
Etymology: From blunder + -head. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|blunder|head}} blunder + -head Head templates: {{en-noun}} blunderhead (plural blunderheads)
  1. Someone who habitually makes mistakes or blunders Synonyms: fool

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1871, Oliver Optic, Desk and Debit:",
          "text": "\"What do you suppose I cared whether I waked you or not, you blunderhead.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1851, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars:",
          "text": "At the rate of this thick-skulled blunderhead, every plow-jobber shall take upon him to read upon divinity.\"",
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