Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal variant of
thunder . - noun Lees; dregs; especially, the lees of cane-juice, which are used in the West Indies in the distillation of rum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun West Indies The lees or dregs of cane juice, used in the distillation of rum.
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- noun West Indies The
lees ordregs ofcane juice , used in thedistillation ofrum .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was getting bad advice-The same kind of dunder-headed advice that lost for Gore and for Kerry.
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Those that approved the trap on basis of it being surrounded by water must have been struck by lightning when they were caught in a 'dunder' storm.
Reader - MassLive.com Frank Sousa 2010
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LOL .. and only in a blue state could you have a fat goober like bawney fwank or a dunder head idiot like John Kerry elected.
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MCMetal says: randy says: and only in a blue state could you have a fat goober like bawney fwank or a dunder head idiot like John Kerry elected.
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It's either a brilliant PR move or (most likely) yet another dunder-headed, uncoodinated gaffe.
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UPDATE: Now featuring hilarious commentary from Poppy Z. Brite, Nick Mamatas, Jack Haringa and others, as well as a floundering, dunder-headed appearance by the ‘publisher’ in question, SNM Horror Magazine (never have I seen someone dig themselves so deep).
Brian Keene 2008
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I just want to remind our dunder-head of a Governor what the word “permanent” means.
Gov. Rell: What part of Permanent Don’t you understand? « Knitting Clio 2009
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McCain really is looking like a huge dunder f-bomb these days.
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Here is a history lesson for the dunder heads who parrot the likes of Bush and his other neo-convicts on history.
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Much nearer sixty years of age than fifty, with a flowing outline of stomach, and horizontal creases in his waistcoat; reputed to be rich; voting at elections in the strictly respectable interest; morally satisfied that nothing but he himself has grown since he was a baby; how can dunder – headed Mr. Sapsea be otherwise than a credit to Cloisterham, and society?
mollusque commented on the word dunder
The lees of sugar cane juice, used in the fermentation of rum.
November 22, 2007