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oldheads

oldheads is the plural of oldhead.

Meaning of oldhead

Noun

oldhead (plural oldheads)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) An older person, especially one who acts as a leader or mentor.
    • I played, talked about, and watched basketball, watched Denise swing, joke with her friends, then leave the playground, watched some of the oldheads pass around and swig from bottles of Colt 45, and stared through the fence […]1999, Michael Awkward, Scenes of Instruction: A Memoir, page 30
  2. (slang) A longtime hobbyist, fan or user; a veteran.
    Synonyms:
    oldbie

Questions about oldheads

What is oldheads the plural of?
Oldheads is the plural of oldhead.

Words near oldheads in the dictionary

  1. oldhamite
  2. oldhamites
  3. Oldhams
  4. Oldhamstocks
  5. oldhead
  6. oldheads
  7. oldhood
  8. OLDI
  9. oldie
  10. oldie but goldie
  11. oldie but goodie

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