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numbskull

[nuhm-skuhl] / ˈnʌmˌskʌl /


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As an economics numbskull, I would plump for the latter.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2015

A guy from the numbskull village of Abdera sees a eunuch talking to a woman and asks another guy if she's the eunuch's wife.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 25, 2014

I recall a rogue camera placed directly in my face for about half the concert… hopefully that numbskull doesn’t get any footage in the final version.

From Forbes ● Jul. 21, 2013

If this account shows us the real Kim, then her image as a clothes- and attention-obsessed numbskull is fully earned.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 25, 2013

She probably thought I was a bigger numbskull than ever.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff




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