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Meaning of as thick as poundies in English:

as thick as poundies

phrase

(also thick as poundies)
informal Irish

  • Very stupid.

    • ‘the man is as thick as poundies’
    • ‘I care nothing for the fellows in this town—they are thick as poundies.’
    • ‘He was boorish and ignorant—"as thick as poundies" he would claim proudly.’
    • ‘We are perceived as thick as poundies.’
    • ‘For all his eminence, for all his brains, the man is as thick as poundies.’
    • ‘The teachers told him he was as thick as poundies.’