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wolf's heads

wolf's heads is the plural of wolf's head.

Meaning of wolf's head

Noun

wolf's head (plural wolf's heads)

  1. (UK, obsolete) In mediaeval times, an outlaw; one who may be slain without judicial enquiry.
    • “Bonny times,” he said, “I have lived to see, when a lad of Earl Oslac’s blood is sent out of the land, a beggar and a wolf’s head, for playing a boy’s trick or two, and upsetting a shaveling priest.”.1866, Charles Kingsley, Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 48

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What is wolf's heads the plural of?
Wolf's heads is the plural of wolf's head.

Words near wolf's heads in the dictionary

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  9. wolf's peaches
  10. wolf's ticket
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