lunkhead
Example Sentences
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“Lucky there’s a family guy,” a chorus of friends, neighbors and relatives sing about the lunkhead Peter Griffin in the razzle-dazzle opening of each episode of “Family Guy” — more than 400 and counting.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024
The Chevy’s somewhat jockish, lunkhead vibe was easy to lampoon, notably in the Dead Milkmen’s tart 1984 song, “Bitchin’ Camaro.”
From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2023
Perrotta, who wrote the novel the series is based on as well as the pilot script, never specifies how Brendan becomes the lunkhead that he is.
From Salon • Oct. 27, 2019
A proud lunkhead, Brendan got by in high school with a personality that amounted to “tall.”
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2019
"Why, you lunkhead, this gentleman will tell you I am his guest!"
From The Haunted Pajamas by Elliott, Francis Perry
