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doleheads

/dɔʊlˈhɛdz/

doleheads is the plural of dolehead.

Meaning of dolehead

Noun

dolehead (plural doleheads)

  1. (Ireland, slang) An unemployed person who has no intention of seeking a job, and survives on government-funded unemployment benefits.
    • Paddy was a dolehead who was too lazy to ever work a day in his life.

Questions about doleheads

What is doleheads the plural of?
Doleheads is the plural of dolehead.
How do you pronounce doleheads?
Doleheads is pronounced /dɔʊlˈhɛdz/.

Words near doleheads in the dictionary

  1. dolefully
  2. dolefulness
  3. dolefuls
  4. Doleham
  5. dolehead
  6. doleheads
  7. doleiform
  8. doleiro
  9. doleiros
  10. doleite
  11. doleites

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