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codshead

codshead noun: a stupid person; a fool.

Noun

codshead (plural codsheads)

  1. (derogatory) A stupid person; a fool.
    • He interrupted this harangue to roar at an assistant. "What's this you're bringing out, you miserable, sniveling codshead?"1957, Thomas B. Costain, Below the Salt, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 172
    • "No codes, and only one contact, Knowle; that's all the scribbler would deal with. Safer all around, what? Even if it meant we didn't know the bloke's identity. That chap, the contact, is already in London, safe as houses. We aren't complete codsheads, what?"1999, Barbara Metzger, The Primrose Path, Thorndike, M.E.: Thorndike Press, →ISBN, page 111

Synonyms of codshead

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Forms of codshead

pluralcodsheads
alternative formcod's head
alternative formcod's-head

Origin of codshead

Compound of cod's + head.

Words formed from codshead

  • cod's head and shoulders
  • codsheaded

Questions about codshead

What does codshead mean?
Codshead means a stupid person; a fool.
What part of speech is codshead?
Codshead is a noun.
What is the plural of codshead?
The plural of codshead is codsheads.

Words near codshead in the dictionary

  1. codrugs
  2. Codrus
  3. cods
  4. cods wallop
  5. Codsall
  6. codshead
  7. codsheads
  8. codskin
  9. codskins
  10. codswallop
  11. codual

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