I should like to have looked into the matter long ago-indeed, I felt that suspicion must have been aroused in the minds of Mallowe and his associates by the fact that I accepted the astounding news of the bankruptcy as unquestioningly as Miss Lawton herself, unless they thought me an addlepated fool-but I didn't want to go ahead without direct instructions from you.
"The Crevice"
William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander
"You will not envy them their happiness-two weak addlepated mortals, only fitted for each other.
"Mattie:--A Stray (Vol 3 of 3)"
Frederick William Robinson
And thus it transpired that Freddie Ulstervelt-addlepated, good-looking, inconstant Freddie, just out of college-was transformed into a bone of contention, whether he would or no.
"The Husbands of Edith"
George Barr McCutcheon