numscull

Updated: May 1, 2025

Bet a wager i'n't worth two shillings; and that will go for powder and pomatum; hate a plaistered pate; commonly a numscull: love a good bob-jerom." "Why this is talking quite wide of the mark," said Mr Hobson, "to suppose a young lady of fortunes would marry a man with a bob-jerom.

Fanny Burney - Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3

"Seven, you numscull! is that the way you get your lesson?" Forthwith descended a shower of blows on his devoted head. "On what continent is Ireland?" said he, turning from him in wrath to another boy. The boy saw the shower pre-determined to fall, and the medicine giving evident signs of having taken effect.

Timothy Flint - The First White Man of the West: Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky;: Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country.

"Eigh, you go fight, massa?" "Fight! no, you booby; but could not your own numscull the fellow's a fool so come ride on, ride on."

Michael Scott - Tom Cringle's Log

That will answer for whole numbers, now for your fractions. Take three-quarters from an integer, and what remains?" "The whole." "You blockhead! you numscull!" exclaimed the master, as the strokes fell like a hail shower; "let me hear you demonstrate that."

Timothy Flint - The First White Man of the West: Life and Exploits of Col. Dan'l. Boone, the First Settler of Kentucky;: Interspersed with Incidents in the Early Annals of the Country.