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saphead

[ sap-hed ]

noun

Slang.
  1. a simpleton; fool.

saphead

1

/ ˈ²õæ±èËŒ³óÉ›»å /

noun

  1. slang.
    a simpleton, idiot, or fool
“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

saphead

2

/ ˈ²õæ±èËŒ³óÉ›»å /

noun

  1. military the end of a sap nearest to the enemy
“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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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ²¹±èËŒ³ó±ð²¹»å±ð»å, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of saphead1

First recorded in 1790–1800; sap 1 + head
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But Mr. Kellow is no saphead, and he makes objectivity a great virtue.

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I bet I know what that saphead of an editor had to say without reading his letter.

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My seat was next to Mrs. Martin for safe keeping, while grey eyes sat across from me and talked to an aggressive looking saphead in a watered silk waistcoat.

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“Lower a boat, saphead, in a sea like this!†scoffed the first speaker.

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He shook his head and cried vehemently: “What a saphead I’d be if I fell to that bait!â€

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