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Definition of Muttonhead
1. Noun. A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
Generic synonyms: Dolt, Dullard, Pillock, Poor Fish, Pudden-head, Pudding Head, Stupe, Stupid, Stupid Person
Definition of Muttonhead
1. Noun. (British slang) A stupid or foolish person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muttonhead
Literary usage of Muttonhead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of the Orange Free State by Martin James Boon (1885)
"Councillor muttonhead called attention to the present state of the trees in Mud
Lane. They had now been planted twelve months and were a very sickly sample ..."
2. The Paternal State in France and Germany by Henri Gaullieur (1898)
""Tenth of August," and put a red cap on our Royal muttonhead; in which boisterous
ceremonial, performed by the mob, all Paris assists. ..."
3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1856)
"I did not choose to allow Smout, Swipes, and muttonhead to give me for a parish
clergyman some bellowing boor, whom I should have been ashamed to ask to ..."
4. The Autumn Holidays of a Country Parson by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd (1878)
"I did not choose to allow Smout, Swipes, and muttonhead to give me for a parish
clergyman some bellowing boor, whom I should have been ashamed to ask to ..."
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