Possessives

• hat: Those who failed to meet sales targets were made to stand in the corner wearing a dunce's hat.

• cap: Anyone who has not yet grasped this fact deserves to wear the dunce's cap.

Converse of object

• wear: Those who failed to meet sales targets were made to stand in the corner wearing a dunce 's hat.

• mean: This booby is neither of those tho - the word has also been used to mean dunce since at least the 17th century.

• do: The inspiration for this monumental event was not a... how did the word Dunce came about?

Adjective modifier

• scientific: Raven was doubtless an intellectual and was immensely learned, but he was a scientific dunce despite his nature study and biology lessons.

Modifies a noun

• hat: Any good, or should I go hang my head in shame in the corner with a dunces hat on?

• cap: Anyone who has not yet grasped this fact deserves to wear the dunces cap.

Noun used with modifier

• class: It has been a period of spiritual education once more for the class dunce.

• language: British school children, already the language dunces of Europe, will soon no longer be obliged to learn any foreign languages.