numbskull

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numbskull - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Numskull \Num"skull`\, n. [Numb + skull.]
     A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow. [Also spelled numbskull.]
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           They have talked like numskulls.         --Arbuthnot.
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