pinhead

pinhead
noun /ˈpɪn.hɛd/
a) The head of a pin. Frequently used in size comparisons.

The moment the nitre was red hot, the coal, previously reduced to small pieces of the size of a pinhead, was projected in portions of one or two grains at a time…

b) An ignorant, naïve, foolish, and stupid person.

Percy, who hadnt noticed that Fred had bewitched his prefect badge so that it now read "Pinhead," kept asking them all what they were sniggering at.


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