jobbernowl
/ˈdʒɒbənəʊl/informal
noun
1A stupid or foolish person; an idiot, a numbskull.
2The head, especially that of a stupid or foolish person. Now English regional and rare.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. Origin uncertain; perhaps from jobard or its etymon Middle French joubard, French jobard + noll.
- the ladies
- the Lakes
- the Lamb of God (also the Lamb)
- the land of Nod
- the land of the free
- the last minute
- the last (or final) straw
- the last straw
- the last word
- the laugh is on me (or you, him, etc.)
- the Law
- (the law of) diminishing returns
- the Law of Moses
- the law of the jungle
- the Left
- the length and breadth of
- the lesser evil (or the lesser of two evils)
- the Lido
- the lie (lay) of the land
- the life and soul of the party (the life of the party)
- the light of day
- the light of one's life
- the lights are on, but nobody's (or no one's)home
- the likes of
- the Line