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

Well thought o’, Jeremiah Rooke; ye’ve hed a hard life o’t lately; but ye’ll be a fool ef ye don’t live eezier for the future, a darned greenhorn o’ a saphead!

From The Fatal Cord And The Falcon Rover by Reid, Mayne

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 Kelland, Clarence Budington

She wasn't a saphead herself, but there might be some about.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John