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ninnyhammer

[nin-ee-ham-er] / ˈnɪn iˌhæm ər /
NOUN
basket case
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That will do, Direxia; you mean well, but you are a ninnyhammer.

From Mrs. Tree by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

You needn't attempt to argue with me, because you are a ninnyhammer, and I am a second Nestor.

From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by James Branch Cabell

I don't care the devil had the M'Mahons; but I am bound to this ninnyhammer of a landlord, who has got me promoted, and who promises, besides, to get an appointment for you.

From The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

I pursued the sad inquiry: 'A noodle, a pigwidgeon, a ninnyhammer, a bubble on the wave, a leaf in the wind, Madame!'

From More Trivia by Logan Pearsall Smith

"You ninnyhammer," said she to her son, "you should have carried it on your shoulder."

From Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England by J. O. (James Orchard) Halliwell-Phillipps




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