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English
Etymology
So called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head.
Noun
cittern-head (plural cittern-heads)
- (obsolete) A blockhead; a dunce.
1599, W. Kinsayder or Theriomastix [pseudonyms; John Marston], The Scourge of Villanie. , London: I R, →OCLC; republished as G B Harrison, editor, The Scourge of Villanie (The Bodley Head Quartos; 13), London: John Lane, The Bodley Head ; New York, N.Y.: E P Dutton & Company, 1925, →OCLC:Shall brainless cittern-heads, each jobbernoul, / Pocket the very genius of thy soul?
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