potato-head
English
Noun
potato-head (plural potato-heads)
- Alternative form of potato head
- 2007, Carlos H. Cantu, Reds, the St. Patrick's Battalion, page 188:
- A sonorous guffaw is heard by his side: When he looks up, the downpour rinses his face allowing him to see John O'Reilly's smiling face, standing by his side: “What are you laughing about, you harebrained potato-head!” He says angrily.
- 2012, Paul Krassner, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut:
- He was equally cynical about institutions, such as marriage—“legal quicksand”—and individuals, such as LyndonJohnson, whom he referred to as “that potato-head.”
- 2012, Steve Bowkett, Catch & Other Stories:
- In fact, the only kid in existence who must have disapproved of Eleanor Garou was a little squit in Year Eight called David Nimbley; class potato-head and also, alas, my cousin.
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