pointy-headed


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point·y-head

 (poin′tē-hĕd′)
n. Slang
An intellectual.
point′y-head′ed adj.
Translations

pointy-headed

adj (US pej sl) → abgehoben (pej inf)
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good-night, A, my pointy-headed child who leads the alphabet and
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it was a risk. but without notes I can speak from the heart about how and why I want to change this country; IN MANCHESTER ED ON THAT SPEECH EXCLUSIVE Labour leader ED MILIBAND talks to Mirror columnist BRIAN READE
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