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clayhead

clayhead noun: a person from the Potteries region of England.

Noun

clayhead (plural clayheads)

  1. (UK, rare, slang) A person from the Potteries region of England.
    • It has its own local delicacy, the oatcake, a sort of heavy-duty tortilla with the texture of flannel, which exiled 'clayheads' get all tearful about […]2008, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, page 33
    • She is proud to be called a 'Clayhead'—a person born in the Potteries (Stoke on Trent) and will always turn over a china cup to see where it is made.2020, C. L. Williams, Smailholm

Forms of clayhead

pluralclayheads

Origin of clayhead

From clay + -head.

Questions about clayhead

What does clayhead mean?
Clayhead means a person from the Potteries region of England.
What part of speech is clayhead?
Clayhead is a noun.
What is the plural of clayhead?
The plural of clayhead is clayheads.

Words near clayhead in the dictionary

  1. clayfield
  2. clayfields
  3. Claygate
  4. CLAYGO
  5. Clayhatchee
  6. clayhead
  7. clayheads
  8. clayier
  9. clayiest
  10. clayiness
  11. claying

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