ninny-hammer

The fun of this is, of course, that the Victorians had such delicious profanity: like pea-brain, lack-wit, and ninny-hammer.

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

The fun of this is, of course, that the Victorians had such delicious profanity: like pea-brain, lack-wit, and ninny-hammer.

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

What exactly, one wonders idly, is a ninny-hammer?

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

Or, if you are Miss Alexia Tarabotti, you might get overly enthusiastic and use all three at once: "You pea-brained lack-witted ninny-hammer!"

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

What exactly, one wonders idly, is a ninny-hammer?

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

Or, if you are Miss Alexia Tarabotti, you might get overly enthusiastic and use all three at once: "You pea-brained lack-witted ninny-hammer!"

On the Satisfaction of Victorian Profanity gailcarriger 2009

And when teasing Jane and me about our future travels this morning, you revealed some knowledge of the Sistine Chapel that one would not expect a 'ninny-hammer' to possess.

An Unacceptable Offer Balogh, Mary 1988

That will do, Direxia; you mean well, but you are a ninny-hammer.

Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform Various

I am no ninny-hammer to consult an exploded astrologer!

Baboo Jabberjee, B.A. F. Anstey 1895

This doesn’t make her much different from other people, except that she can negate supernatural abilities, and she often speaks her mind in a very unladylike way, occasionally even using such terms as “You pea-brained lack-witted ninny-hammer!”

The Road Not Taken · Soulless 2009