ninnyhammer
/ˈnɪnɪˌhamə/(also niniamer, ninnyhommer) informal and regional
noun
A blockhead; a fool or braggart.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. Apparently from ninny (although this is first attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin.
- pull
- pullable
- pull a boner
- pull a face (or faces)
- pull a fast one
- pull-along
- pull-and-push
- pull-apart
- pull-away
- pull-away boy
- pullback
- pull back (or pull someone/thing back)
- pull-bell
- pull-boat
- pull-bone
- pull cord
- pull-date
- pull-doo
- pull-down
- pulled bread
- dirtboarding
- dirt cheap
- dirt farm
- dirt farmer
- dirt-free