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

He doesn't fancy Captain Billy Morgan, thinks him rather a saphead.

From Janet of the Dunes by Comstock, Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa)

Then there's a man in the squad who is more than a mere saphead.

From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

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