Definition of Blockheads

1. Noun. (plural of blockhead) ¹

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Definition of Blockheads

1. blockhead [n] - See also: blockhead

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blockheads

blocked shots
blocked tear duct
blockee
blockees
blocker
blocker bet
blockers
blockfront
blockfronts
blockhead
blockheaded
blockheadedly
blockheadedness
blockheadism
blockheadisms
blockheads
blockhole
blockholes
blockhouse
blockhouses
blockier
blockiest
blockiness
blocking
blocking activity
blocking agent
blocking and tackling
blocking antibody
blocking course
blocking courses

Literary usage of Blockheads

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1783)
"The Blockheads; or, Fortunate Contractor. ... of blockheads, the author of this Opera appears to have, for fuch an employment, a title, we mult acknowledge, ..."

2. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini, John Addington Symonds (1889)
"... shoes are worth more than the eyes of all those other blockheads." So, having thanked his Holiness, I went back, rejoicing above measure, to my work. ..."

3. The Popular Science Monthly (1884)
"As fences and troops guard against marauders by night, so do the spirits of these brothers keep watch against the tricks of blockheads. ..."

4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1884)
"As fences and troops guard against marauders by night, so do the spirits of these brothers keep watch against the tricks of blockheads. ..."

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