Meaning

3 senses

  1. The friarbird.

  2. (slang)A firefighter.

  3. (obsolete, slang)A city watchman who wore a leather helmet.

Origin

From leather + head.

From leather + head.

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Forms

plural: leatherheads
Singularleatherhead
Pluralleatherheads

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
leatherA2leatherbackleaveA1leavenC2
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