Sapskull

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stupid person; a saphead. archaic

    ""Let go of my reins, you cow-handed sapskull!" Tassie reared as Pamela jerked her reins from the baronet's hands and smacked at him with her crop."

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""Let go of my reins, you cow-handed sapskull!" Tassie reared as Pamela jerked her reins from the baronet's hands and smacked at him with her crop."

Etymology

From sap + skull.

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