"dirtbrain" meaning in All languages combined

See dirtbrain on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-dirtbrain.wav Forms: dirtbrains [plural]
Etymology: From dirt + brain. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dirt|brain}} dirt + brain Head templates: {{en-noun}} dirtbrain (plural dirtbrains)
  1. A person of low intelligence. Synonyms: fool
    Sense id: en-dirtbrain-en-noun-DIv3YmYK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1999, Brian Jacques, The Legend of Luke, Random House, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'You won't break me, dirtbrain,' Ranguvar yelled as she was being dragged off.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000 June 12, Suzanne Brockmann, The Unsung Hero, Ballantine Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Don't go there, dirtbrain.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002 April 27, firedancerflash, “OT: You all pray four us”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet):",
          "text": "Bastian, dear, it hurts me to say this, but as the world gets smaller, so to speak, it gets easier and easier for dirtbrains to get ideas that they might never have thought of on their own.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, John McNally, Bottom of the Ninth: Great Contemporary Baseball Short Stories, SIU Press, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "What kind of word is that, you dirtbrain?\"",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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          "text": "Don't go there, dirtbrain.",
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