Dim Bulb Meaning

(idiomatic) A person who is slow-witted.

Example: 2001, Richard Stengel, "Why George Bush is the Brer Rabbit of American Politics," Time, 21 Jun.:
  Dwight Eisenhower was roundly derided by the liberal intelligentsia as a Mr. Malaprop, a golf-playing, crony-loving dim bulb.

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