Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A blockhead.
- noun A meliphagine bird, Philemon or Tropidorhynchus corniculatus of Australia: so called from the bare, skinny head: also called
monk and friar from the same circumstance, and four-o'clock from its cry; alsopimlico .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The friar bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
friarbird .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I’ll have to check my sources but I think "leatherhead" is a Victorian medical term for excessive masturbation.
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It's also the only small-town team left over from football's leatherhead era of the Duluth Eskimos and Pottsville Maroons.
America Gets Back to Business—Football Matthew Kaminski 2011
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But then an unpopular player gets hurt in a high-profile game and everyone's a leatherhead again.
A Snap Judgment on Cutler Jason Gay 2011
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Flickr/Getty Images Contemporary football helmets may be little better than vintage "leatherhead" helmets.
Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea Christopher Shea 2011
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SPORTS Helmet Headaches Contemporary football helmets may be little better than vintage "leatherhead" helmets at protecting athletes' brains from common severe impacts.
Week in Ideas: Christopher Shea Christopher Shea 2011
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She looked about his sanctuary, at his golf clubs in the corner, the picture above his fireplace of a 1920s leatherhead football team awaiting the snap, at his overflowing shelves.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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She looked about his sanctuary, at his golf clubs in the corner, the picture above his fireplace of a 1920s leatherhead football team awaiting the snap, at his overflowing shelves.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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She looked about his sanctuary, at his golf clubs in the corner, the picture above his fireplace of a 1920s leatherhead football team awaiting the snap, at his overflowing shelves.
The Thieves of Darkness Richard Doetsch 2010
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Braying an ordinary fool in a mortar is an unpromising job; but an extraordinary official leatherhead, PLUS thin-skinned conscience, and religious scruples, requires the upper and nether mill stone.
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Saw this in leatherhead in the uk and made me laugh talk about cut backs in the sport
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