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OP A knucklehead is a blockhead, a stupid person, a dumbbell, etc.
But why's a knucklehead a knucklehead? Is it because one envisions taking one's knuckles and hitting on the knucklehead's head in order to wake up or stir up some activity beneath the bonehead's skull?
Just curious,
DubDub
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