saphead

Example Sentences

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But Mr. Kellow is no saphead, and he makes objectivity a great virtue.

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2011

This kind of pitch, with its view of the consumer as saphead, is still afl too prevalent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Baines set him down as the sort of young man who would play Kelly pool with money his mother earned by doing laundry, and, in addition, catalogued him as a "saphead."

From Scattergood Baines by Kelland, Clarence Budington

There are some big shell-craters there, and they may be using one of them as a saphead.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Hay, Ian

Sarah Eliza professed a preference for High, Low, Jack, and the Game; any saphead could play that.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John