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Examples
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“Seven, you numscull! is that the way you get your lesson?”
The First White Man of the West Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1856
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“You blockhead! you numscull!” exclaimed the master, as the strokes fell like a hail shower; “let me hear you demonstrate that.”
The First White Man of the West Flint, Timothy, 1780-1840 1856
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"Confound you, you numscull! would you give pistols into the hands of a frantic man?"
Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes Samuel Lover 1832
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"Fight! no, you booby; but could not your own numscull -- the fellow's a fool -- so come -- ride on, ride on."
Tom Cringle's Log Michael Scott 1812
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Bet a wager i’n’t worth two shillings; and that will go for powder and pomatum; hate a plaistered pate; commonly a numscull: love a good bob-jerom.”
Cecilia 2008
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Bet a wager i'n't worth two shillings; and that will go for powder and pomatum; hate a plaistered pate; commonly a numscull: love a good bob-jerom. "
Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 Fanny Burney 1796
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