I should observe that she was a brisk, coquettish woman; a little of a shrew, and something of a slammerkin, but very pretty withal; with a nincompoop for a husband, as shrews are apt to have.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
For who would have thought that an idler like me, such a nincompoop as I am, such a born fool, should ride on a railway, cross the sea in a ship, and arrive safe in America?
"Stories and Pictures"
Isaac Loeb Peretz
You be a pretty squire Nicodemus nincompoop!
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft