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dunces

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plural of dunce
as in idiots
a stupid person she's here on scholarship, so she's clearly no dunce

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“Dunces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dunces. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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