Chowder-headed. World English Historical Dictionary

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dial. = CHOLTER-HEADED.

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1819.  Scott, Lett., 15 April, in Lockhart. I hesitate a little about Raeburn … [he] has twice already made a very chowder-headed person of me.

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1851.  H. Melville, Moby-Dick, xv. 73. What’s that stultifying saying about chowder-headed people?

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