"block-head" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1835, Jacob Abbott, New England and her institutions, page 226",
          "text": "Old Boreas, the king of the winds, will order out a snow-storm by and bye to block up the roads, so that none but booted and weatherproof boys can get to school, and you, Miss, must lose a day or two, and then find yourself at the foot, with those block-head boys who always abide there.",
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        {
          "ref": "1872, R.B. Forbes, Life-Boats, Projectiles And Other Means For Saving Life, page 113",
          "text": "A classification of the block is necessary, yet that does not always, if generally, regulate the premium; the classification of the block-head who is to command is not suificiently taken into account!",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2006, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, page 94",
          "text": "He resolved “never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough to have me.\"",
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          "ref": "1835, Jacob Abbott, New England and her institutions, page 226",
          "text": "Old Boreas, the king of the winds, will order out a snow-storm by and bye to block up the roads, so that none but booted and weatherproof boys can get to school, and you, Miss, must lose a day or two, and then find yourself at the foot, with those block-head boys who always abide there.",
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          "ref": "1872, R.B. Forbes, Life-Boats, Projectiles And Other Means For Saving Life, page 113",
          "text": "A classification of the block is necessary, yet that does not always, if generally, regulate the premium; the classification of the block-head who is to command is not suificiently taken into account!",
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          "ref": "2006, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln, page 94",
          "text": "He resolved “never again to think of marrying; and for this reason; I can never be satisfied with any one who would be block-head enough to have me.\"",
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