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Definition of Dullards
1. dullard [n] - See also: dullard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dullards
Literary usage of Dullards
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Child-Placing in Families: A Manual for Students and Social Workers by William Henry Slingerland (1918)
"dullards. Another class, not distinctly defined, is that of the backward or
mentally feeble. ... dullards are normal in their mental powers ..."
2. European Schools: Or, What I Saw in the Schools of Germany, France, Austria by Louis Richard Klemm (1897)
"A. SEPARATE SCHOOL, FOR dullards. A. Object and Organization.—In such industrial
centers as Elberfeld, Barmen, Cologne, Gladbach, Crefeld, Essen, ..."
3. Parents and Their Problems: Child Welfare in Home, School, Church and State by Mary Harmon Weeks, National Congress of Mothers (1914)
"Quintilian starts out by saying that nature never produces dullards. If we knew
how to treat all children we should never have any stupid or feeble persons. ..."
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