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  • n  an ignorant or foolish person
  • n  the head of a pin

  • The Democrats will be shutting down the Senate over a matter of process rather than substance, a pinhead of principle most civilians will find difficult to understand.
  • Earlier in the day, the governor had incurred their wrath by a pinhead act: he asked the State Board of Regents to forbid the athletic teams of the university system of Georgia .
  • It was the use of actual human oddities: the Siamese twins, the "pinhead," the armless, legless man and a whole sideshow of nature's misfits.
Quotes

  • Frank Deford in Terre Haute Tribune Star
    Most people have much bushier mustaches, when mustaches came in, in the 1960s. I have a pinhead, a very small head. If I had a bushy mustache, it would look silly, it would swallow the lower part of my face up,Deford explained. "So I went...
  • Mitch Kupchak in Los Angeles Daily News
    Things could turn on one phone call or a pinhead, but it was unlikely based on conversations going into the trade deadline that we'd do anything,Kupchak added. "That was where our expectations were."
  • Bob Weinstein in CanMag
    Bob Weinstein stated, "We are excited to be in business with Clive Barker who created such an iconic character with Pinhead. We look forward to working with him to bring his fantastic vision to the big screen for a new generation of fans."

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