dunce

  • 21dunce — noun (C) old fashioned someone who is slow at learning things: the dunce of the class …

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  • 22dunce — noun Uncle Abraham was a bit of a dunce, but most people got along with him Syn: fool, idiot, stupid person, simpleton, ignoramus, dullard; informal dummy, dumbo, thickhead, nitwit, dimwit, halfwit, moron, cretin, imbecile, dope, boob, chump …

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  • 23dunce cap — dunce′ (or dunce′ s) cap n. a tall cone shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment Also called fool s cap Etymology: 1830–40 …

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  • 24dunce's cap — ► NOUN ▪ a paper cone formerly put on the head of a dunce at school as a mark of disgrace …

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  • 25dunce-man — dunce man, duns man see dunce n. 1 …

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  • 26Dunce Upon a Time — is episode number 6.2 of the Happy Tree Friends TV Series.Characterstarring Roles* GigglesFeaturing Roles* Lumpy * Nutty * Lifty Shifty * Cuddles * Petunia * Handy * Mime * Flaky * Sniffles * ToothyPlotGiggles and Nutty are huddling themselves by …

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  • 27dunce's cap — n a tall pointed hat that a stupid student had to wear in school in the past …

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  • 28dunce cap — n. a cone shaped hat that children slow at learning were formerly forced to wear in school …

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  • 29Dunce cap — For the topological space, see Dunce hat (topology). A young boy wearing a dunce cap in class, from a staged photo c.1906 A dunce cap, also variously known as a dunce hat, dunce s cap, or dunce s hat, is a pointed hat. In popular culture, it is… …

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  • 30Dunce hat (topology) — For the item of clothing designed to be humiliating, now rarely used, see dunce cap. To get a dunce hat, take a solid triangle and successively glue together all three sides with the indicated orientation. In topology, the dunce hat is a compact… …

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