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applehead en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From apple + head.

Meanings

1. A kind of Siamese cat with a round head shape.
2. The head, consisting of a dried apple, of an apple doll.
   • Cloth, stuffing, scissors, thread, appleheads, hickory nuts, and corn husks lie about the house awaiting the masterful touch of Taylor's hands which turn them into dolls. 1984, Annelen R. Archbold, Broommaking and Dollmaking in South Central Kentucky, page 157:
3. (slang) A stupid or dumb person.
   • "You, sir, are a applehead! I re-peat, an applehead! ... You're a counter-feit. Wipe the drip off your face!" 1942, Newsweek, page 83

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Antonyms

wedgehead