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Definition: CITTERN-HEAD

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Cittern-head" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

Definition: CITTERN-HEAD

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "CITTERN-HEAD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)