howfingn.
Scottish.
‘A clumsy, awkward, senseless person’ (Jamieson). Also attributive.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > stupid person, dolt, blockhead > lout, oaf, booby > [noun]
lubber1362
looby1377
howfing?a1513
slouch?1518
bowberta1522
knuckylbonyarda1529
lob1533
lout1548
patch1549
hoballa1556
lilburnea1556
lobcocka1556
chub1558
hick1565
lourd1579
peasant1581
clown1583
lubbard1586
lumberer1593
lump1597
blooterc1600
boobyc1600
lob-coat1604
hoy1607
bacon-brainsa1635
alcatote1638
oaf1638
kelf1665
brute1670
dowf1722
gawky1724
chuckle1731
chuckle-head1731
John Trott1753
stega1823
lummoxa1825
gawk1837
country jakea1854
guffin1862
galoot1866
stot1877
lobster1896
mutt1900
palooka1920
schlub1950
a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 107 My new spanit howffing fra the sowk.
?a1600 ( R. Sempill Legend Bischop St. Androis in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xlv. 372 Alace! that Scotland had no schame, To send sic howfing carles from hame!
1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xii. 90 That aul', greedy, sneeshinie howffin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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n.?a1513- push a a pencil
- push a face
- push a pen
- push a person back on her heels
- push a person back on his heels
- push a person's button
- push a person's buttons
- push about
- push all the buttons
- push all the right buttons
- push along
- push and shove
- push around
- push back on her heels
- push back on his heels
- push backward
- push bicycle
- push broom
- push comes to shove
- push drive
- push face in
- push factor
- push fit
- push hold
- push in