Those who failed to meet sales targets were made to stand in the corner
wearing a dunce
's hat.
Raven was doubtless an intellectual and was immensely learned, but he was a
scientific dunce
despite his nature study and biology lessons.
Dunces hat
on?
It has been a period of spiritual education once more for the
class dunce.
Dunce's cap.
This booby is neither of those tho - the word has also been used to
mean dunce
since at least the 17th century.
Dunces cap.
British school children, already the
language dunces
of europe, will soon no longer be obliged to learn any foreign languages.
The inspiration for this monumental event was not a... how
did the word dunce
came about?
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