Meaning of turnip-headed | Babel Free

Definitions

Stupid; foolish.

dated, derogatory, slang

Examples

“This consequential pigmy is in fact a perfect curiosity of the human species, and was doubtless intended by nature to occupy a niche in the gallery of the Australian Pickwick. Risen from the bench of the mechanic this turnip-headed moon-calf has the overweening presumption to aspire to the bench of magistracy!”

“[H]e called Bill a turnip-headed old carrot-cruncher, and other insulting names.”

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