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dunce cap

or dunce's cap

noun

  1. a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.


dunce cap

noun

  1. a conical paper hat, formerly placed on the head of a dull child at school
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dunce cap1

First recorded in 1830–40
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Example Sentences

It’s about as academically relevant to today’s students as Sadie Hawkins Day, and as necessary as a dunce cap.

If you do think that he could, please step forward and claim your complimentary dunce cap, and infuse it with your own naivete.

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Ironically, she was punished in school for not being able to keep quiet and put in a corner with a dunce cap on her head.

Bush was drawn sitting on a stool wearing a dunce cap and a stupid expression, and the headline asked: “The Worst President in History?”

But dunce caps aside, the irony is that Xi’s critique of Big Tech is similar to recent debates in the United States.

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