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chinless wonder

noun

  1. informal.
    a person, esp an upper-class one, lacking strength of character
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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It sees him dropping his usual shtick and instead taking up the persona of Jasper Cromwell Jones: a fantastically rich and well-connected chinless wonder who has dedicated his life to climbing the highest mountains in the world, despite possessing no obvious skills or aptitude for the task.

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It would be unkind to call the duke a chinless wonder, even if his neck did end at his lower lip, but his son more than earned the description giggling buffoon.

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Gawsh," murmured the blond stenographer from the corner of her mouth, after the manner of convicts, "Old Grizzly's pickin' on the chinless wonder again.

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A plainer reaction everywhere was "Thank heaven, Margaret's not going to marry some aristocratic chinless wonder."

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