joulteradj.
rare.
Clumsily stupid.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > clumsy stupidity, oafishness > [adjective]
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joulter1854
landlubberly1860
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1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 76 22 He seems to have a collection of these puns..stowed away in his joulter jaws.
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