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Definition of Dunces
1. dunce [n] - See also: dunce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunces
Literary usage of Dunces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1905)
"... hence the success with which fortune had crowned his efforts may be said in
a sense to have been the cause of his Wars with the dunces. ..."
2. The British Essayists by James Ferguson (1823)
"On the peculiar Imprudence of the Poor in bringing up dunces to Learning.
SECTION III. THE remarks which I have hitherto made on the subject of dunces, ..."
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