conehead
n.— «The U.S. government’s CIA-like “Office of Investigations”…proceeds to form the elite- but-unorthodox C.A.T. (Counter Assault Tactical) Squad, rather than going with the usual operatives (“a bunch of Ivy League coneheads spinning their wheels all over the world”).» —“No Apologies Needed For This HBO Movie” by Clifford Terry Chicago Tribune July 25, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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The word dezzick is defined in an 1875 dictionary of the Sussex dialect as “a day’s work.” This is part of a complete episode.
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