blockhead
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He’d even infuriated his wife, Elizabeth, a critical care physician, who wondered how her magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa husband could be such a blockhead.
From New York Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
"Have fun in Charlotte, blockhead," he said before hanging up.
From Salon ● Feb. 6, 2022
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
It’s of recent coinage, a portmanteau of “pandemic” and “pendejo,” the Mexican Spanish term for a blockhead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2020
"My good blockhead, I swear to you that it was put back in my drawer. Greatest surprise I ever had in my life when I found it there."
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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