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fishheads

fishheads is the plural of fishhead.

Meaning of fishhead

Noun

fishhead (plural fishheads)

  1. The head of a fish.
  2. (slang) A member of a navy; a sailor; a fisherman.
    • Being a Plymouth girl, I had heard plenty of racy stories about navy chaps, or fishheads as we called you. The navy regularly swarmed the streets of Plymouth on a Saturday night.2009, Dawn French, Dear Fatty, page 180
  3. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur) A person from Southeast Asia.
    • > >I see you are trying to post in chink. Ha!! Ha!!
      >
      > No, that was an English translation of your post.
      Your^([sic]) a fishhead Ha!! Ha!!2004 June 29, Cerberus, “Papers Please!”, in ok.general (Usenet)

Questions about fishheads

What is fishheads the plural of?
Fishheads is the plural of fishhead.

Words near fishheads in the dictionary

  1. Fishguard
  2. Fishguard and Goodwick
  3. fishhawk
  4. fishhawks
  5. fishhead
  6. fishheads
  7. fishhole
  8. fishholes
  9. fishhood
  10. fishhook
  11. fishhook flea

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