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lint-head

lint-head is the alternative form of linthead.

Meaning of linthead

Noun

linthead (plural lintheads)

  1. (Southern US, derogatory, offensive) A worker in a cotton or other textile mill.
  2. (Southern US, derogatory, offensive) A low-class Southern white.

Forms of lint-head

plurallint-heads

Questions about lint-head

What is lint-head the alternative form of?
Lint-head is the alternative form of linthead.

Words near lint-head in the dictionary

  1. lint doctor
  2. lint doctors
  3. lint roller
  4. lint rollers
  5. lint-free
  6. lint-head
  7. lint-heads
  8. lint-scraper
  9. lint-scrapers
  10. Lintard
  11. Lintards

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