addlepate

They ran in silence for a while, Cassidy thinking to himself, Oh Jesus, what an addlepate I can be.

Again to Carthage Jr. John L. Parker 2007

Conservative addlepate Michael Medved gushed that it “passionately affirms traditional norms like monogamy, sacrifice and child rearing.”

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And for Saint-Germain, who seemed to you idiotic one day when perhaps he had lunched too well, but who nevertheless is a fine addlepate, full of sympathy and spirit.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters 2003

And for Saint-Germain, who seemed to you idiotic one day when perhaps he had lunched too well, but who nevertheless is a fine addlepate, full of sympathy and spirit.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Sand, George, 1804-1876 1921

The whole question, of course, was clear and simple, and only concerned with the means of my earning my living; but the simplicity of it was not seen, and I was talked to in mawkishly rounded phrases of Borodino, of the sacred fire, of my uncle a forgotten poet, who had once written poor and artificial verses; I was rudely called an addlepate and a dense fellow.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

And for Saint-Germain, who seemed to you idiotic one day when perhaps he had lunched too well, but who nevertheless is a fine addlepate, full of sympathy and spirit.

The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters Gustave Flaubert 1850

'Twould be better an 'ye could play the dolt -- not an eediot, or an addlepate -- but just a dull fellow, slow of wit, an' knowin 'nought except of fur. "

The Challenge of the North 1921

Didn't Ay tell you, you old addlepate, "he said, turning to poor Mrs. Finch, whose only desire seemed to be to find a place for the ham and get out of the room --" didn't Ay tell you the lil gel would come? "

By Berwen Banks Allen Raine 1885