Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Dull; stupid.
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Examples
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He was furious at having to plead with a mutton-headed soldier (he, Sir George Grey, who alone could save Africa!), but he was in that state where he'd have tried to come round Palmerston's cook.
THE NUMBERS 2010
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And their mutton-headed logic was that you couldn't assume that God had a linear approach to time, therefore when the prayer took place shouldn't matter.
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Mitt Romney's mutton-headed plan (What me worry?) says who cares about universal health care, we already have it.
Doug Bremner: Are These People Completely Out of Their Minds? 2008
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Shirley needs to be hired just for the satisfaction of being able to promptly fire the mutton-headed delusional old cow.
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I consider them to be the worst kind of mutton-headed numpties.
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He was furious at having to plead with a mutton-headed soldier (he, Sir George Grey, who alone could save Africa!), but he was in that state where he'd have tried to come round Palmerston's cook.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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He was furious at having to plead with a mutton-headed soldier (he, Sir George Grey, who alone could save Africa!), but he was in that state where he'd have tried to come round Palmerston's cook.
Flashman and the angel of the lord Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1995
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Well, I knew she was mutton-headed, but this beat all, and so I told her.
Flashman's Lady Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1977
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'That's because I stopped talking with that mutton-headed bobby, --
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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I will not attempt a justification of the position of the mutton-headed Professor on the subject of the Presidency; far be it from me.
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