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leatherheads

leatherheads is the plural of leatherhead.

Meaning of leatherhead

Noun

leatherhead (plural leatherheads)

  1. The friarbird.
    • The piping-crows, the laughing-jackasses, the odd leatherheads, and the coach-wheel birds, all gave us their old music, and brought back pleasant memories of travel.1855, William Howitt, Land, labor and gold: or, Two years in Victoria, volume 2, page 38
  2. (obsolete, slang) A city watchman who wore a leather helmet.
  3. (slang) A firefighter.

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Questions about leatherheads

What is leatherheads the plural of?
Leatherheads is the plural of leatherhead.

Words near leatherheads in the dictionary

  1. leatherfish
  2. leathergirl
  3. leathergirls
  4. leathergoods
  5. leatherhead
  6. leatherheads
  7. leatherier
  8. leatheriest
  9. leatherine
  10. leatherines
  11. leatheriness

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