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Word: nitwit (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...discipline in our Army is absolutely necessary. I hope we all understand that. However, I have a son who is willing and will serve his country in any needed capacity, and when he does, I hope to God he does not serve under a nitwit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1941 | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

...Hard-boiled Lieut. General Ben Lear is no nitwit and no showoff. But most of the many readers who wrote to TIME about The Memphis Incident thought his disciplinary action was too harsh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1941 | 8/4/1941 | See Source »

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