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Definition of Blockheads
1. blockhead [n] - See also: blockhead
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blockheads
Literary usage of Blockheads
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1783)
"The blockheads; or, Fortunate Contractor. ... of blockheads, the author of this
Opera appears to have, for fuch an employment, a title, we mult acknowledge, ..."
2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... shoes are worth more than the eyes of all those other blockheads." So, having
thanked his Holiness, I went back, rejoicing above measure, to my work. ..."
3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"As fences and troops guard against marauders by night, so do the spirits of these
brothers keep watch against the tricks of blockheads. ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"As fences and troops guard against marauders by night, so do the spirits of these
brothers keep watch against the tricks of blockheads. ..."
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