Brewer's: John-a-Dreams

A stupid, dreamy fellow, always in a brown study and half asleep.

Yet I, A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak, Like John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my cause, And can say nothing.

Shakespeare: Hamlet ii. 2.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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