jolter-headed
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- adjective Having a stupid head; stupid; doltish.
Examples
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We must have been jolter-headed geniuses not to have anticipated M. 's reply.
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Behind Mr. Oldbuck's seat (which was an ancient leathern-covered easy-chair, worn smooth by constant use) was a huge oaken cabinet, decorated at each corner with Dutch cherubs, having their little duck-wings displayed, and great jolter-headed visages placed between them.
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Prefer for an ancestor, to one whom scholar and sage never name but in homage, a worthless, obscure, jolter-headed booby in mail, whose only record to men is a brass plate in a church in a village!
Note
The origin of 'jolter-headed' is uncertain.
