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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The toilet does the heavy work automatically with an electromechanical system, so all the owner of said waste has to do is grab the sealed, odorless bag and drop it in the garbage, much like a mutt mitt.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2025 -
Remember when this series started, the Nuggets were heavy underdogs, viewed as mutts.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
11 May 2025
Noun
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Bougainvillea draped over walls and doorways, vehicles and donkey carts filled traffic, busy restaurants lined the river banks.—
Emmanuel Akinwotu,
NPR,
16 May 2025
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Its mechanized forces, central to its strategies for victory, are bleeding out and now include museum-grade military trucks, civilian cars, vans, all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles ... and even donkeys.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Sometimes too stupid is actually smartski but sometimes is just stupid stupid.—
Caroline Downey,
National Review,
27 Mar. 2025
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An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
12 May 2025
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And here a duck has made her nest Six brown eggs in a bed of twigs, More artful than any window display, More precious than a golden egg Laid by a golden goose.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Georgie, a big-hearted dim bulb, is working for Jim, who owns a tire store or something.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Oct. 2024
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While there are dim bulbs in both parties, a special lighting area should be designed for Alabama Senator and former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville.—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
25 Sep. 2023
Noun
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The brand was founded by Antony Buck and Robert Calcraft and positioned itself in the naturals category, which by the time of its acquisition had become among the fastest-growing skin care segments globally.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 May 2025
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The main focus is Divine G (Colman Domingo), a talented performer and playwright who has been falsely imprisoned, but the movie’s power comes from its ensemble made up of actual RTA alumni who are naturals on camera.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The worker who gets on the AI train learns to ask the right questions, and the numbskull of a skilled worker does not.—
Tressie McMillan Cottom,
Mercury News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Scott, likewise, packs his divisive prequels, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, with a bunch of disposable and largely unsympathetic numbskulls.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2024
Noun
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After the know-nothing county board opts to raze the baseball diamond to make way for a school, the teams meet for one final game at their beloved Soldier’s Field, with girlfriends, kids, and local hooligans as intermittent spectators.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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Even as Republicans embrace him as an iconoclast, Democrats and other critics have lambasted Kennedy as a know-nothing without the scientific or bureaucratic experience to do the job effectively.—
Dylan Scott,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
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“Clodpoll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clodpoll. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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