"dinderhead" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dinderheads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dinderhead (plural dinderheads)
  1. (dialect) Southwestern English variant of dunderhead, a blockhead. Tags: English, Southwestern, alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: dunderhead (extra: a blockhead)
    Sense id: en-dinderhead-en-noun-6YWkSetI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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