Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Colloq. & Obs. A blockhead.
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- noun a person's head, particularly if
misshapen orblocky - noun a stupid person; a
blockhead
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Examples
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Even sympathetic discussions tend to focus on the unusualthe humorous entries, the weird words bicipitous; jobbernowl; trolmydames.
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Zeuxis, who killed himself with laughing at the sight of the antique jobbernowl of an old hag drawn by him.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Zeuxis, who killed himself with laughing at the sight of the antique jobbernowl of an old hag drawn by him.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Frenchman for cocking his beaver so bravely; and our jobbernowl
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"Keep thy jobbernowl to thysel '," said the indignant Betty, when she had made sure of this favour.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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Mets in 2005, and was just a regular jobbernowl off the scrap heap, would he even be close to consideration for a spot on the Opening Day roster?
Amazin' Avenue James Kannengieser 2010
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Zeuxis, who killed himself with laughing at the sight of the antique jobbernowl of an old hag drawn by him.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
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141 Bicipitous Serpents with the head at each extreme, jobbernowl is 'A blockish or stupid head; a ludicrous term for the head, usually connoting stupidity' 1599 MARSTON Sco.
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_jobbernowl_, and shaded his right peeper, while a white beaver crowned the occiput of the Magus.
Rookwood William Harrison Ainsworth 1843
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a faggot-stick or his sword to the rascal's jobbernowl, give him the gentle lash, or make him cut a caper out at the window, by way of correction.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 Fran��ois Rabelais 1518
rijola commented on the word jobbernowl
The freedictionary.com defines this as "a blockhead."
January 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word jobbernowl
I like the OED definition: "A blockish or stupid head; a ludicrous term for the head, usually connoting stupidity."
Usually connoting stupidity?
July 31, 2008