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know-noth·ing

know-nothing

 
pronunciation:
no nuh thIng
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: an uninformed, ignorant person; ignoramus.
definition 2: (caps.) a member of a secret American political organization of the mid-nineteenth century, who favored barring immigrants and Roman Catholics from political office, and who professed public ignorance of the organization's activities.
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