"doodlebrain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: doodlebrains [plural]
Etymology: From doode + brain. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|doode|brain}} doode + brain Head templates: {{en-noun}} doodlebrain (plural doodlebrains)
  1. Term of abuse.
    Sense id: en-doodlebrain-en-noun-YoIzM~oB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1979, Clyde Wells, editor, The Net Effect: Or, If This Is the Bottom Line, What Are You Guys Doing Down There?: Editorial Cartoons, Drawings, Etc., The Augusta Chronicle, page 8",
          "text": "On your better days, you are but a doodlebrain.",
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          "ref": "1995, Fiona Cooper, Rotary Spokes, Serpent’s Tail, page 52",
          "text": "‘Waaall, she’s a damn singer, yuh doodlebrain, that’s what.’",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 May, Annie Bryant, The Great Scavenger Hunt (Beacon Street Girls), Aladdin Mix, page 234",
          "text": "“Of course I like nature. Only doodlebrains don’t like nature,” Kiki huffed.",
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