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Numbskull


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  • (1) It's a relief to be treated as a numbskull, you know?."
  • (2) His role, Baird Whitlock, has been described – by the Coens themselves – as part of a “numbskull trilogy,” or more accurately, a tetralogy, considering this is the fourth time that Clooney has played some kind of dope for them.
  • (3) Watch Clooney in the trailer for the new Coen brothers comedy Clooney explains how Joel Coen told him to play his first numbskull, O Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • (4) "Is there any way that we can stop numbskulls like Peter Drury banging on about how dull, pragmatic and solid this Brazil team is?"
  • (5) I put them in the other fucking bag like a fucking numbskull.
  • (6) Another cable revealed that the Pakistani president was described as a "numbskull" by Sir Jock Stirrup, Britain's then chief of defence staff .

Numskull


Definition:

  • (n.) A dunce; a dolt; a stupid fellow.

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