Oxhead

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fool; a blockhead. obsolete

    "Dost make a mummer of me, oxe-head?"

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"Dost make a mummer of me, oxe-head?"

Etymology

From Middle English oxe head, oxheved, equivalent to ox + head. Compare hogshead.

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