Lexicographical Neighbors of Jolthead
Literary usage of Jolthead
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellender Ker (1837)
"... which if the term really meant a great head would be tautology. "Fie on Ihre,
jolthead, thou cun'st not read !" " And stode right at her bcdd'is fete, ..."
2. An Essay on the Archaeology of Our Popular Phrases, and Nursery Rhymes by John Bellenden Ker (1837)
"A jolthead. A fool, a dunce, a dolt, a block-head. Er jool t'heete; qe there is
he who can be called no other than fool, there is he who every body must ..."
3. Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"The word jolthead itself, it need scarcely be said, means either a large head,
or a dunce or blockhead. In the former sense it was used in 1664 by J. Wilson ..."
4. Transactions by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"The word jolthead itself, it need scarcely be said, means either a large head,
or a dunce or blockhead. In the former sense it was used in 1604 by J. Wilson ..."
5. Transactions by Colonial Society of Massachusetts (1905)
"The word jolthead itself, it need scarcely be said, means either a large head,
or a dunce or blockhead. In the former sense it was used in 1664 by J. Wilson ..."
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