10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEETLEBRAIN»
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Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
24 BEETLEBRAIN BEETLEBRAIN See Beetlebrained. BEETLEBRAINED to be
beetlebrained. To be mentally incompetent. Source: BEETLE. WNNCD: O.E. The
beetle is the smallest of all insects and therefore has a very small "brain.
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
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NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
I remember when peo- ple used to put big windup keys on their beetles to make
them look like windup toys. beetlebrain [“bidlbren] n. a stupid person. Some
beetlebrain left a can ofpaint in the hall, and guess who knocked it over? Why are
you ...
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Slang American style: more than 10,000 ways to talk the talk
remember when people used to put big windup keys on their beetles to make
them look like windup toys. beetlebrain [bidjbren] n. a stupid person. □ Some
beetlebrain left a can of paint in the hall, and guess who knocked it over? □ Why
are ...
... addlehead†, blockhead, dullhead†, loggerhead, jolthead†, jolterhead†,
beetlehead†, beetlebrain, grosshead†, muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyhead†;
numbskull, thickskull†; lackbrain†, shallowbrain†; dimwit, halfwit, lackwit†;
dunderpate†; ...
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The All-New Book of Lists for Kids
Most of them haven't been used in years. 1. Addlebrain 2. Beetlebrain 3.
Cabbagehead 4. Calabash 5. Chowderhead 6. Chucklehead 7. Dunderhead 8.
Flibbertigibbet 9. Hockey puck 10. Jellybean 11. Jingle brain 12. Muff 13.
Mushhead 14.
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Generic for dullness, stupidity, blockishness: e.g. ' As deaf (dumb, dull, quick or
blind) as a beetle'; beetlebrain (or head) = a dolt, a fool,a blockhead (B.E.);
alsonumerousderivatives. 1424. Leg:St. Edith, 81.Blind as a betulle. 1520.
Whittington ...
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Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions: Together with Death's Duell
... calf, colt, buzzard, block, put, stick, stock, numpsT, tony. bull head, dunderhead,
addleheadT, blockhead, dullheadT, loggerhead, joltheadï, jolterheadT,
beetleheadT, beetlebrain, grossheadï, muttonhead, noodlehead, giddyheadï,
numbskull, ...
John Donne, William Henry Draper, Izaak Walton, 1926
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Adventure, Horror, Mystery Classics Best Seller's for 99 ...
Willieasked. chairand examining hisnails when “Why should theywhen they know
Trumbo hopped back inside. what his name is, beetlebrain?” “Nice room here,”
Willie said. “Ain't “Thatis right, Kelly. Silly of me, huh? it swell goin' straight, pal?
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Chambers English Thesaurus
... sorrowful, woebegone, woeful, wretched. antonym happy. dolour n anguish,
distress, grief, heartache, heartbreak, lamentation, „ misery, mouming, sadness,
sorrow, suffering. antonym beatitude. dolt n ass, beetlebrain, blockhead,
bonehead, ...
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Dotty Comic Book No 36
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