What does ninnyhammer mean?
Ninnyhammer means A foolish person; a simpleton..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A foolish person; a simpleton..
1608, A Yorkshire Tragedy, dubiously claimed to be by William Shakespeare Why, the more fool she; aye, the more ninny hammer she.
"You silly, awkward, ill-bred country sow," quoth one, "have you no more manners than to rail at Hocus that has saved that clod-pated numskulled ninny-hammer of yours from ruin, and all his family?
'Silly noodle!—foolish simpleton!—bewildered ninnyhammer! He had brains in his head once.'
'Well, if I don't deserve to be hung on the end of one as a warning to numbskulls! You're nowt but a ninnyhammer, Sam Gamgee: that's what the Gaffer said to me often enough, it being a word of his. Rope!'
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Ninnyhammer means A foolish person; a simpleton..
Common synonyms include ninny, nincompoop, boob.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1608, A Yorkshire Tragedy, dubiously claimed to be by William Shakespeare Why, the more fool she; aye, the more ninny hammer she.
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