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Definition of ninnyhammer in US English:
ninnyhammer
(also ninnyhommer, niniamer)
noun
Regionalinformal
A blockhead; a fool or braggart.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nashe (d. c1601), writer. Apparently from ninny (although this is first attested slightly later) + -hammer, of unknown origin.
