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clayhead

noun

Etymology

From clay + -head.

  1. derived from *gley-✻
  2. inherited from *klajjaz✻
  3. inherited from *klaij✻
  4. inherited from clǣġ
  5. inherited from cley
  6. suffixed as clayhead — “clay + head”

Definitions

  1. A person from the Potteries region of England.

    • It has its own local delicacy, the oatcake, a sort of heavy-duty tortilla with the texture of flannel, which exiled 'clayheads' get all tearful about […]
    • She is proud to be called a 'Clayhead'—a person born in the Potteries (Stoke on Trent) and will always turn over a china cup to see where it is made.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA