| He is better qualified to command the ship than the numskull to whom she has been given. |
| That he is a numskull, perhaps, but I fear there is not that encouragement for his improvement! |
| But the Rector, pot-bellied numskull that he was, would not listen to reason! |
| Bank cashier or not, Charlie warn't that much of a numskull. |
| One night while we were away that old numskull Thornbury was doddering about the passages very late. |
| Well, I did what I've often been numskull enough to do in similar cases, wrote and offered to buy her out at par. |
