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saphead

[ sap-hed ]

noun

, Slang.
  1. a simpleton; fool.


saphead

1

/ ˈsæpˌhɛd /

noun

  1. slang.
    a simpleton, idiot, or fool


saphead

2

/ ˈsæpˌhɛd /

noun

  1. military the end of a sap nearest to the enemy

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Derived Forms

  • ˈsapˌheaded, adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of saphead1

First recorded in 1790–1800; sap 1 + head

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Example Sentences

A feller that kin kick like that didn't orter be called Sapwood nor Saphead nor Sapanything.

The latter called their enemies "muckers," and these retorted with the term "saphead."

I bet I know what that saphead of an editor had to say without reading his letter.

He's older and he goes with the swiftest bunch in town, and, like a regular saphead, I was flattered.

He doesn't fancy Captain Billy Morgan, thinks him rather a saphead.

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