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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nuhm-skuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnʌmˌskʌl |
Definition of numskull
- noun idiot
- "It's alwayth the numskull hath the most conceit," said the Deacon.
- Extract from : « The House with the Green Shutters » by George Douglas Brown
- "You numskull, look at me and make a fool of yourself," she said by the light in her eye.
- Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- Bank cashier or not, Charlie warn't that much of a numskull.
- Extract from : « Shifting Sands » by Sara Ware Bassett
- He is better qualified to command the ship than the numskull to whom she has been given.
- Extract from : « Brave Old Salt » by Oliver Optic
- I said Hastings said it; and he is not in the least a numskull.
- Extract from : « Heartbreak House » by George Bernard Shaw
- The message was here all the time—that numskull Heinrich forgot it.
- Extract from : « The Man with the Clubfoot » by Valentine Williams
- Wait till you have one first, sir, and you may make him as great a numskull as you plase, Master.
- Extract from : « The Poor Scholar » by William Carleton
- Do not suppose from this that I am ill in body; it is the numskull that I complain of.
- Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
- That he is a numskull, perhaps, but I fear there is not that encouragement for his improvement!
- Extract from : « The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion » by Henry Lunettes
- Well, I did what I've often been numskull enough to do in similar cases, wrote and offered to buy her out at par.
- Extract from : « Paul Kelver » by Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome
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