If they had scolded him for bad judgment, called him a Chucklehead, or even ignored him, it would have been all right.
"The Electronic Mind Reader"
John Blaine
"Iss," added Jim Cuttance, "ann remember, you Chucklehead, that if you do write or utter wan word 'bout it, after gettin' back to London, there are here twelve Cornish men who will never rest till they have flayed thee alive!"
"Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines"
R.M. Ballantyne
Maggot especially gave a signal and unexpected proof of a softened spirit, when, one Sunday morning, as he was getting ready for chapel, he said to his wife that it was "high time to send that little Chucklehead the baby to Sunday school, for he was no better than a small heathen!"
"Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines"
R.M. Ballantyne