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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A simple-minded person; a simpleton. See the etymology.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders.

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