dunce cap
noun
1.
a tall, cone-shaped hat formerly worn by slow or lazy students as a punishment in school.
Also,
dunce's cap
.
Also called
fool's cap
.
Origin
1830-40
Examples from the web for
dunce cap
SA should be given a
dunce cap
and made to sit in the corner.
Go ask your parents if they ever stepped in to help a teacher wearing a
dunce cap
or said that these monks were ok guys.
But they don't necessarily mean that light-sleeping children are doomed to wearing the
dunce cap
.
British Dictionary definitions for
dunce cap
dunce cap
noun
1.
a conical paper hat, formerly placed on the head of a dull child at school