1850 Lancs. Gaz. 12 Jan. 4/4: It is the fashion to compare out agriculturalists to ‘clods’ and ‘oxen’, but in our opinion the Conservatives were but a beef-witted class.at beef-witted (adj.) under beef, n.1
1850 Lancs. Gaz. 12 Jan. 4/4: It is the fashion to compare out agriculturalists to ‘clods’ and ‘oxen’, but in our opinion the Conservatives were but a beef-witted class.at ox, n.