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Meanings of dunce in English
A stupid person; these words are used to express a low opinion of someone's intelligence.
Usage of dunce in English
1
The hero of the playing fields becomes the dunce of the office.
2
Well, hand me the dunce cap Grace, because I must respectfully disagree.
3
Either she was a real dunce or she was stalling for time.
4
Not all are convinced that Pisa officials should don the dunce cap.
5
The dunce objective, on the contrary, is of an entirely different species.
6
I suppose you want to grow up to be a great dunce.
7
Mr. Phillips says I'm the worst dunce he ever saw at it.
8
I have found out something, and all owing to that ridiculous dunce-cap.
9
But if that dunce Stanley could do it, I can do it.
10
Why, the matter is that I'm a double-barrelled dunce, was the answer.
11
Bob's my brother, but there never was such a dunce since Adam.
12
With this hook, dipped in hundreds of corpses, a dunce-Goddamn him!
13
He's not a dunce, grandpa; he's my friend, and I like him!
14
Partners in prestigious law firms didn't wear dunce caps and blow noisemakers.
15
What followed was an exchange of errors longer than a dunce's exam paper.
16
Nevertheless, bless me for a dunce, I saw a flaw in the plan.
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common