单词 | mallet-head |
释义 | > as lemmasmallet-head mallet-head n. (a) the head of a mallet; (b) slang a dull-brained person, a fool. ΚΠ 1707–12 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. (1721) II. 59 Which Wood is useful for..Mallet-heads [etc.]..being very hard and durable. 1897 Outing 30 483/1 The mallet-head now used [in polo] is generally cigar-shaped, 2 inches thick and 8 or 9 inches long. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 333/1 Mallet-head,..a stupid person. Not common. 1993 Harper's Mag. Oct. 26/1 As a result of this memo, a line in the show's pilot that read ‘Dammit!! Stupid, idiot, moron, jerks!!’ was changed to ‘Dammit!! Stupid, mallet-head, brain-dead, jerks!!’ < as lemmas |
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