Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A dull, stupid person.

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Examples

  • Calling him an old blower and bloat, a gas-bag and _fanfaron_, a Gascon and a _carajo_, _alma miserabile_, and a pudding-head, a _sacre menteur_ and a _verfluchte prahlerische Hauptesel_, a brassy old blunder-head and

    The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

  • He wouldn't have a pudding-head like Peter Gudge within ten miles of his office!

    100\%: the Story of a Patriot Upton Sinclair 1923

  • Such a jealous old pudding-head, that Uncle Reuben!

    Invisible Links Selma Lagerl��f 1899

  • With that pudding-head Shiantil Blackhorse on the throne of Cathra, Kilian would rule the realm absolutely.”

    Conqueror's Moon May, Julian 2003

  • a pudding-head like Peter Gudge within ten miles of his office!

    100% : The Story of a Patriot 1920

  • Zeppelins, as that pudding-head said that the pal was talking about just now. "

    Under Fire: the story of a squad Henri Barbusse 1904

  • “What the devil!” he exclaims, “is there no one learned blockhead throughout the schools of misapplied science in the Christian world to make a tutor of for my Tristram ” are we so run out of stock that there is no one lumber-headed, muddle-headed, mortar-headed, pudding-head chap amongst our doctors ... but I must disable my judgment by choosing a Warburton?”

    Sterne Traill, H D 1882

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