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codhead

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cod-head
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.

Humorous

noun

A person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.

British usage

noun

A person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.

British usage

noun

A person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.

British usage

Etymology

From cod + -head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, River Tyne and the Headland area of Hartlepool and Whitby.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

codheads (plural)

Questions

What does codhead mean?
A person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
Where does codhead come from?
From cod + -head, owing to the prevalence of fishing in the area of North Shields, River Tyne and the Headland area of Hartlepool and Whitby.

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