He has also been called a dunce, an ignoramus, a barbarian. From Wordnik.com. [Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation] Reference
Recall the dunce caps and public confessions of the Cultural Revolution error. From Wordnik.com. [Female Chinese Land Seizure Protesters Stripped Naked & Jailed] Reference
Drosophila gene known as dunce, which Davis helped identify several years ago, provided clues to the schizophrenia. From Wordnik.com. [THE MEDICAL NEWS] Reference
Or are you too much of a "dunce" to understand that. From Wordnik.com. [Congress needs to rein in spending, Thune says] Reference
As commonly used nowadays this term is equivalent to "dunce," but it was originally employed as a law term. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Though Gildon and Arnall are forgotten, the type "dunce" is eternal. From Wordnik.com. [Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series] Reference
Chris Huhne promised that Britain would shed its traditional "dunce" status on renewable energy. From Wordnik.com. [News: Main section | guardian.co.uk] Reference
That dunce is with her on a few days vacation from. From Wordnik.com. [David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story] Reference
"Has anybody seen the dunce?" questioned the scout. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
"What a wretched little dunce I am!" she soliloquized. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Oliver Goldsmith was regarded as a dunce in his school days, and. From Wordnik.com. [How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success] Reference
Was he, as so many of his detractors believed, an amiable dunce?. From Wordnik.com. [The Book On Reagan] Reference
"Shoot, you dunce, shoot before he gets up to you!" shouted Will. From Wordnik.com. [The Call of the Beaver Patrol or, A Break in the Glacier] Reference
"I was young and twenty once, and did things that befit a dunce.". From Wordnik.com. [Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son] Reference
He buries his head, dunce-cap and all, in Professor Percival's gown. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from VITAL FLUID, published by Enigmatic Ink] Reference
Hold your tongue -- hold your tongue: you'll ne'er be thought a dunce. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
Hold your tongue -- hold your tongue; you'll ne'er be thought a dunce. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
Hold your tongue -- hold your tongue -- you'll ne'er be thought a dunce. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses] Reference
“I was young and twenty once, and did things that befit a dunce.”. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Party Advice, From Father to Son] Reference
"Hope to die if it ain't," and the dunce crossed his heart several times. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
Instead, Pitt found himself wearing a dunce cap for mishandling the effort. From Wordnik.com. [Failing Grade] Reference
But they found out that their mother wasn't quite the dunce they thought her. From Wordnik.com. [The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes] Reference
The dunce paused, then stood stock still, his mouth opening to its widest extent. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Land Boomer Dick Arbuckle's Adventures in Oklahoma] Reference
'You don't mind being the dunce of the school,' said Leonard, with a short laugh. From Wordnik.com. [That Scholarship Boy] Reference
In which case, he'll no doubt be fitted once again with his own figurative dunce cap. From Wordnik.com. [French Soccer Still Can't Shake the Blues] Reference
The second man stood pat and Malone's green tinge became obvious to the veriest dunce. From Wordnik.com. [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference
"No chap with real sense is going to be dunce enough to teach some one to rise above him.". From Wordnik.com. [Rival Pitchers of Oakdale] Reference
I've had many a curious student yonder, wild and tame, dunce and genius, but this one baffles me. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
But the personal aggression on the wit by the dunce, may fairly instigate the wit to flay the dunce. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
Hence it is, that the reputed dunce of the school, has not unfrequently become the ornament of the senate. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Enquiry into the Philosophy of Education] Reference
Was it possible that the woman now high in the favor of a second reign, should have a dunce for a daughter?. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
He had failed in his June examination and had to pass in September or be forever labeled a dunce by his fond family. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference
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