barmpot
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noun
noun, Brit, orig and mainly northern dialect
A witless person, a fool. (1951 —) .
T. & P. Morris Thus a harmless schizophrenic will be classified by the staff as a 'barmpot' and by the prisoners as a 'nutter' (1963).
[From earlier sense, pot for storing barm or yeast; prob. influenced by barmy.]
noun, Brit, orig and mainly northern dialect
A witless person, a fool. (1951 —) .
T. & P. Morris Thus a harmless schizophrenic will be classified by the staff as a 'barmpot' and by the prisoners as a 'nutter' (1963).
[From earlier sense, pot for storing barm or yeast; prob. influenced by barmy.]
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| barmy, barnet, barney |
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