clayhead

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noun

A person from the Potteries region of England.

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Meanings

nounclayhead (plural clayheads)

plural clayheads

  1. UKrareslangA person from the Potteries region of England.

    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.

    2020, C. L. Williams, Smailholm
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    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 […]

    2008, Stuart Maconie, Pies and Prejudice: In search of the North, page 33

Origin

From clay + -head.

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APA

clayhead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clayhead

MLA

“clayhead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clayhead. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clayhead,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clayhead.

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