Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fool; a butt: a term of contempt.
- noun The bolt which is used in connection with a dog, for holding a bonnet or a manhole or hand-hole cover in place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gun.) The bolt of the cap-square over the trunnion of a cannon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
bolt of thecapsquare over thetrunnion of acannon .
Etymologies
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dog + bolt
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Examples
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Thou wilt never be such a dogbolt as to refuse a hint to a friend?
Peveril of the Peak 1822
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Thou wilt never be such a dogbolt as to refuse a hint to a friend?
Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801
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