codhead

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noun

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

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Meanings

nouncodhead (plural codheads)

plural codheads

  1. GeordiehumorousA person from North Shields, a town in Tyne and Wear, in the northeast of England.
  2. UKA person from Grimsby, a fishing town in Lincolnshire, in the north of England.
  3. UKA person from Whitby, a town in North Yorkshire, in the northeast of England.
  4. UKA person from Fleetwood, a town in the northwest of Lancashire.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
grimbarian

Origin

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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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