blockhead
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He, like so many police officers we’ve seen, is a complete blockhead.
From Salon ● Aug. 1, 2025
An artist’s desire for profit should have no bearing on this analysis; after all, as Kagan quoted Samuel Johnson: “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.”
From Slate ● Jun. 1, 2023
Peter Robbins, the former child actor who first put a voice to Charles Schultz’s lovable "blockhead" Charlie Brown has died, according to reports.
From Fox News ● Jan. 26, 2022
And sometimes it’s the blockhead at the back of the room who didn’t do the summer reading assignment and needs time before being ready to start doing homework again.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2017
“Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of?—What do you deserve?”
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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