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 Clarence Budington Kelland
"Hallie," said He, "if Billy only had your common-sense business instinct, I wouldn't ask for anything else in this world; but Billy is a saphead."
From The Early Bird A Business Man's Love Story by Arthur William Brown
Then there's a man in the squad who is more than a mere saphead.
From Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock
