variants
or clodpole
as in mutt
a stupid person
mistook the local farmers for a bunch of clodpolls who could be easily fleeced
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Noun
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So Bull does what any sensible, testicle-loving mutt would do.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025 -
The phrase has become shorthand for a kind of national inferiority syndrome—a sense that Brazil, despite its grand ambitions and global flair, thinks of itself as a mutt trying to hang with pedigrees.—
Shannon Sims,
New Yorker,
30 July 2025
Noun
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Now, the 40 full-time residents are well outnumbered by the wild donkeys that call the island home.—
Peter Kelly,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Aug. 2025
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Besides stables housing Sardinian donkeys, Shetland ponies, and native Giara horses, there’s a 20,000-square-foot Great Aviary, one of the park’s standout attractions.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, the parallel thing that I’ve been frustrated by recently is not just calling Trump stupid, but calling Trump voters stupid.—
Drew Broussard
May 22,
Literary Hub,
22 May 2025
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The short’s synopsis reads: After the death of her husband, Janet decides to distract herself by rearing a goose, which is to be the centrepiece of her Christmas dinner.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
20 Aug. 2025
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One industry executive speaking on background said the project effectively sent the country’s banking industry on a wild goose chase.—
Aaron Stanley,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Perrotta’s dark and wry comedy is about a suburban New Jersey high school election, between the ambitious and qualified but wholly unlikeable Tracy Flick, popular dim bulb Paul, and Paul’s sister, Tammy, who runs as revenge against Paul for stealing her girlfriend.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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Such stellar dim bulbs are critical for determining the lowest-mass end of the initial mass function.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
12 June 2025
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Churchill’s numbskull move immediately made all the exports of his highly export-dependent nation more expensive to buyers in other countries.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
10 Aug. 2025
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And the Fed Board has done nothing to stop this 'numbskull' from hurting so many people.—
Anna Commander
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
Noun
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Lewis’s superficial attack abets the know-nothing Trump Administration, which spurns cooperative allies and rational arrangements.—
Harper’s Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
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The secret is that Spike’s know-nothing naivete encourages us to see the world through the eyes of someone who’s new to every part of it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Try savory cuisine such as turkey legs, burgers and pulled pork.—
Caroline Ritzie,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
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To make the swap, substitute 1-pound of ground turkey or ground chicken for the beef.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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