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codhead

codhead noun: a person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.

Noun

codhead (plural codheads)

  1. (Geordie, humorous) A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
  2. (UK) A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
  3. (UK) A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.
  4. (UK) A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.

Forms of codhead

pluralcodheads

Origin of codhead

From cod + -head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, River Tyne and the Headland area of Hartlepool and Whitby.

Questions about codhead

What does codhead mean?
Codhead means a person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
What part of speech is codhead?
Codhead is a noun.
What is the plural of codhead?
The plural of codhead is codheads.

Words near codhead in the dictionary

  1. codgiest
  2. codging
  3. codglove
  4. codgloves
  5. codgy
  6. codhead
  7. codheads
  8. Codi
  9. codiaceous
  10. codical
  11. codices

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